Join Nancy J. Reid and Lisa D. Smith, the mother-daughter travel team and publishers of Big Blend Radio & TV Magazine and Parks & Travel Magazine, for Big Blend Radio with Claudia Kousoulas and Ellen Letourneau, who discuss their cookbook, "Bread & Beauty: A Year in Montgomery County's Agricultural Reserve." 

This exquisite book showcases the 93,000-acre Agricultural Reserve in Maryland, a nationally recognized model of farmland and open space preservation, and a thriving diverse place.  The book also features over 120 recipes inspired by the reserve’slocal bounty as well as by historic foodways and recipes. See their Plum Upside-Down Cake Recipe on BlendRadioandTV.com. 

Featured music is "Ham & Eggs" by Blind Lemon Pledge. This episode is sponsored by The Peanut Patch, the retail distributors for Bard Date Company.