Traditional recipes from home cooks on the coast and Outer Banks of North Carolina. From church fundraisers to Sunday dinner tables, these are recipes that have been passed down from generation to generation, swapped among friends, and shared, hastily written, on the corners of receipts, the backs of can labels, and the corners of disused almanacs. These are the recipes of the people, developed in their own kitchens, for their own families, to their own tastes. You are welcomed with abundant Southern Hospitality to share in this "mess of good eatin'."