The Sookie Stackhouse Companion

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    11. Ms. Beeson
    12. Greta
    13. A gardenia bush
    14. . Iowa
    15. Dago (Antonio Guglielmi)
    Definitely Dead:
    1. A bear
    2. Mary Jane Jasper
    3. . Mrs. Garfield
    4. Methodist-Episcopal minister
    5. A two-quart CorningWare casserole dish
    6. Fruit juice, sharp cheddar, bacon, gift paper, and a really pretty blue bra and matching panties
    7. Barbara and Gordon Pelt
    8. Minden
    9. Medium blue terrycloth
    10. . A candlestick
    11. A skintight, cut-down-to-here red dress decked with darker red sequins (and some gorgeous alligator pumps)
    12. . A pretty yellow dress with low heels
    13. Ra Shawn
    14. Huntsville, Alabama
    15. A Rite of Ascension
    All Together Dead:
    1. Linette Robinson
    2. Dish towels
    3. Fifteen
    4. Sophie-Anne Leclerq presides over Area One, Arla Yvonne over Area Two, Cleo Babbitt over Area Three, Gervaise over Area Four, and Eric Northman over Area Five.
    5. 1576
    6. Horowitz
    7. A glittery green cocktail dress, fuck-me shoes, and a see-through thong
    8. The seventh floor
    9. A heavy brocade of gleaming gold cloth worked in a pattern of blue and scarlet
    10. Queen Phoebe Golden’s
    11. Illinois
    12. Lena
    13. Kate Book
    14. Dan Brewer
    15. St. Cosmas
    From Dead to Worse:
    1. Fay
    2. San Francisco
    3. Ed
    4. Dark blue
    5. Meatloaf
    6. An all-night grocery
    7. Audrey, the child of Gervaise’s lieutenant, Booth Crimmons
    8. Lorinda
    9. Nora Roberts
    10. Don Dominica
    11. Waco, Texas
    12. Whispering Palms
    13. Janesha
    14. Nandinas
    15. Duchesne
    Dead and Gone:
    1. Tessa
    2. Three
    3. Fire Chief Trochek
    4. Riki Cunningham
    5. Lightning
    6. Bad wiring
    7. One blue, one yellow
    8. Willie Chenier
    9. Ginjer
    10. Louis Chambers
    11. Murry
    12. Enda
    13. Brock and Chessie Johnson
    14. An upholstery shop
    15. Lee
    Dead in the Family:
    1. Twenty-one
    2. Bannister
    3. Two months
    4. Katherine Boudreaux
    5. Sallie
    6. A white Lexus
    7. His father’s sister’s
    8. Homer
    9. A child Hunter knows who has a birthmark on her face
    10. The Poky Little Puppy
    11. The element
    12. Doreen
    13. Mr. DeWitt
    14. Mr. Barlowe
    15. He killed a human who attacked him with a hoe while he was in wolf form.
    Dead Reckoning:
    1. Donald Callaway
    2. A paint store
    3. Marcia Albanese
    4. Death by Fashion in Shreveport
    5. New Bedford
    6. Youree Drive
    7. Shocking pink
    8. Pearl’s
    9. Cait
    10. India
    11. Butterscotch
    12. Mrs. Gristede
    13. A Dodge Charger
    14. Three
    15. Dusty Kolinchek

What’s Cookin’ in Bon Temps
    A Selection of Down-Home Southern Recipes
    S outhern cooking has a style—and a flavor—all its own. When I decided to include recipes that would celebrate the tastes of Louisiana, not to mention the entire South, I decided to throw the doors open to my fans, who had already created a cookbook under the auspices of Charlaine’s Charlatans.
    I was wonderfully surprised by the response—the recipes came pouring in! After taste-testing all of them, we selected a range that showcased Southern cooking, from breakfast to dessert, including drinks. I hope you have the chance to try and enjoy some of these true down-home Southern recipes—I know I sure did!
     
    BREAKFAST:
    Belle Rive Brunch Eggs
Eggs Benedict
French Market Beignets
     
    LUNCH:
    Burgers Lafayette Sauce
Cold-Weather Chili
Merlotte’s Chicken Strips
Mitchell’s Favorite Meatloaf
     
    SUPPER:
    Calvin’s Catfish
Crawdad’s Country-Fried Steak
Crossroads Jambalaya
Sookie’s Chicken Casserole
Stackhouse Smothered Pork Chops
     
    SIDES:
    Antoine’s Fried Pickles
Bon Temps Sweet Potato Harvest
Gran’s Easy Baked Apples
Hotshot Hush Puppies
Jannalynn’s Golden Biscuits
Mardi Gras Corn Salad
Michele’s Homemade Buttermilk Ranch Dressing
Michele’s Parmesan Garlic Croutons
Pinkie’s Fried Green Tomatoes
Sister’s Mashed Potato Casserole
     
    DESSERTS:
    Adele Hale Stackhouse’s Blue-Ribbon Chocolate Cake
Aunt Patty’s Sour Cream Cake with Praline Frosting
Caroline Holliday Bellefleur’s Chocolate Cake
Diner Key Lime Pie
Louisiana Pralines
Perdita’s Bread Pudding with Bourbon Sauce
Portia’s Sweet Potato Pie
Wicked Peach Cake
     
    DRINKS:
    Classic Southern Sweet Tea
Country Porch Lemonade

Breakfast

BELLE RIVE BRUNCH EGGS
    TIME: PREP TIME 30 MINUTES, MARINATING TIME 8–12 HOURS, BAKING
TIME 90 MINUTES • SERVES 8–10
    INGREDIENTS:
    8 slices bread, torn into cubes
1 dozen eggs
2¼ cups plus ½ cup milk
¾ tsp. dry mustard
Salt and pepper, to taste
1 lb. ham, cubed, or 2 lb. cooked bacon, crumbled
½ cup green onions,