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You Can Eat Like Johnny Cash — Thanks To A Cookbook From Country Music's First Family

The son of country music legends Johnny Cash and June Carter has compiled a book of Southern recipes handed down in his family through the years.
Fried bologna and eggs is one of the dishes included in <em>The Cash And Carter Family Cookbook.</em>

Music was an integral part of life in the home of country music stars Johnny Cash and June Carter — as was Southern cooking.

Recipes and stories from The Cash andcompiled bytheir son, award-winning record producer , now give readers a chance to experience what it was like to sit at the dinner table of two music legends.

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