Quail Ridge Books, Publishers Weekly’s Number One Independent Bookstore in the nation
in 2001, Raleigh, NC, “Jim Graham’s Farm Family Cookbook For City Folks was the second
largest seller of the year for our store and that’s incredible considering that we (due to the
November 1, 2002 publishing date) only had it in stock for two months.”

Helen Moore, The News & Observer, Raleigh, NC, “Good country cooking--can there be
anything more welcoming or delicious? Jim Graham, author of Jim Graham’s Farm Family
Cookbook for City Folks doesn’t think so! This book salutes the fine heritage, variety and flavor
of North Carolina farm cooking.”

Barnes&Noble, Cary, NC, “We have constantly reordered this book and what makes it so
unique is that people are buying multiple copies. It was easily our best cookbook seller of the
year.”

The Sanford Herald, “If you like cookbooks, you will want to add Jim Graham’s Farm Family
Cookbook For City Folks to your collection.”

North Carolina Governor Michael F. Easley, “The book is filled with great recipes, a taste of
North Carolina’s heritage!”

The Charlotte Observer, “If you wonder what Carolina homemakers prepare for the holidays or
the rest of the year, take a look at recipes in Jim Graham’s Farm Family Cookbook For City
Folks. It is filled with down-home recipes from farm families across the state.”

North Carolina Farm Bureau Magazine, “Jim Graham’s Farm Family Cookbook For City
Folks is a North Carolina original.”

Fred Thompson, The News & Observer, Raleigh, NC, “Jim Graham’s Farm Family
Cookbook For City Folks is pure North Carolina Country Cooking from recipes submitted by
folks across the state and sized up by the longtime state commissioner of agriculture. The goal
was to present recipes ‘like Momma cooked’ and he succeeds. If you or someone you know
yearns for the good old home cooking of yesteryear, here’s a chance to give them a taste of the
past.”

The Business Journal, “This appetizing opus includes more than 530 recipes gathered from
North Carolina Farm Families.”

The News Reporter, Whiteville, NC, “Jim Graham’s cookbook offers down-home culinary
delights.”

The Pilot, Pilot Mountain, NC, “Jim Graham’s Farm Family Cookbook For City Folks
definitely has an authentic family flavor to it.”

The Chowan Herald, Edenton NC, “Like mementos in scrapbooks, a familial sweetness is
found in these recipes that come with notes about the person who created then and handed them
down. No matter what recipe you choose, you can be sure that it is surely the genuine article.”

NC State Magazine, “This Graham cookbook offers culinary delights!”

The Pamlico News, Oriental, NC, “What really makes this cookbook special--and like Jim
Graham, a true North Carolina Original--are the personal touches that come with each recipe.”

Carteret County-News, Morehead City, NC, “This book will take your appetite on a nostalgic
trip back to a day when those country dinner bells rang and families came running.”

News /Times, Chadbourn, NC, “These recipes were scrutinized by folks with NC Cooperative
Extension and NC Farm Bureau, then reviewed by NC State University nutritionists, and all were
blessed by the “Commish,” of course.”

The Times, Thomasville, NC, “When the call went out from former state agriculture
commissioner James A. Graham for contributions of cookbook recipes, they came pouring in
from family recipe boxes all across North Carolina.”

The Beaufort--Hyde News, Belhaven, NC, “Name the top five most beloved and recognized
North Carolinians. OK, everyone got Andy Griffith. But if you named Jim Graham go to the head
of the class! The Jim Graham Farm Family Cookbook in bookstores will introduce millions to the
life and “tastes” of this North Carolina icon.”

The Enterprise, Williamston, NC, “Cooks who want a sneak preview of Jim Graham’s Farm
Family Cookbook for City Folks, can find recipes and more on the cookbook’s new web site,
http://www.cals.ncsu.edu/graham/cookbook.html.

The Pamlico News, Pamlico, NC, “This cookbook smacks of farm family flavor!”

The Wilson Daily Times, Wilson, NC, “Jim Graham’s Farm Family Cookbook For City Folks
sings the praises of those wonderful meals prepared on the farm when Jim Graham was a child
and now adapted by younger generations.”

The Southern Pines Piolet, Southern Pines, NC, “ The Sodfather’s cookbook is a well-balanced
collection of down-home recipes that’s not as blatantly artery clogging as “Mamma Dips
Kitchen.”  Is this a worthwhile cookbook? Sure it is. You’re likely to recognize many of the
recipes, but there’s enough variety here to spice up your life with a few dishes you haven’t yet
savored.”