DATE:    10/30/97
CONTACT: Tom Mounter, (864) 656-5725
WRITER:  Giles Singleton, (864) 656-3876

FCL's New S.C. Cookbook is Healthy As Well As Tasty

     CLEMSON -- The South Carolina Family and Community Leaders
have revised their popular South Carolina Cookbook.
     The new edition features favorites from the original
cookbook and 300 new recipes geared to today's health-conscious
lifestyles.
     Low-fat dishes include Slumgullion, Chicken Ciapinna, Sea
Garden Chowder, and Wadmalaw Sweet Onions. Some of the
traditional recipes are Shrimp-Okra Gumbo, Chicken Bog, Venison
Hash, and Fresh Peach Shakes.
     "Each recipe has been tested for taste and nutritional
content, including fat, sodium, calories, and cholesterol. This
way people can choose the recipes that best suit their dietary 
needs," said Tom Mounter, state adviser to the S.C. Family and
Community Leaders and Clemson Extension program coordinator in
the Department of Family and Youth Development.
     "I don't think the book will ever go out of print," said
Linda Fogle, marketing manager at the University of South
Carolina Press, publisher of the cookbook. "The previous nine
editions have sold out, and with all the new additions and the
revised format, this edition should do even better."
     Royalties from the book go towards scholarships established 
by FCL at Winthrop, South Carolina State, and Clemson University.
The scholarships at Winthrop and South Carolina State are for
students. At Clemson, the scholarship is for a county Extension
agent to travel to another state to learn from another Extension
agent.
     The New South Carolina Cookbook is available for $16.95 from
the Bulletin Room, Room 82, P&A Building, Clemson University,
Clemson S.C. 29634 (Web address
http://cufan.clemson.edu/OLOS/guest.htm), local bookstores, and
the University of South Carolina Press at 1-800-768-2500.
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