Yeoman House Books has announced the first of a series of regional golf cookbooks. "Golf a la Carte: Recipes from America's Finest Clubs –The Southeast."

"This book has been more than a year in the making," said Caleb Clarke, sales manager. "We began asking the chefs at the finest clubs and resorts in the South to submit their 'signature' dishes last summer, and the response was overwhelming. It took our editors months to sort through all the great recipes, select the best for the book and begin the testing process. But we think we've ended up with a definitive picture of the culinary imagination found in today's clubhouse kitchens."

The 252-page full-color hardback cookbook contains more than 190 delicious recipes from more than 120 different chefs from golf resorts and private golf and country clubs in the Southeastern United States. The book contains recipes for breakfast, lunch and dinner, soups and stews, salads, sauces and sides and dessert. It is priced at $49.99.

Chefs were invited to submit recipes for dishes that their members often request, and many responded with recipes that call upon the rich vernacular of Southern cuisine. There are recipes for fried green tomatoes, several variations of she-crab soup and a number of delicious gumbos. There are numerous recipes that call for fresh fillets of grouper, red snapper and striped bass, as well as the abundant crab, shrimp and oysters found in southern waters.

Golf resorts represented include Pinehurst, Reynolds Plantation, Kiawah Island, the Naples Beach Club and Golf Resort, the Ritz-Carlton at Tiburon, the High Hampton Inn, Rosen Shingle Creek, Ginn Reunion Resort, Arnold Palmer's Bay Hill Club, and the Marriott Grand Hotel. Private country clubs in the cookbook include Addison Reserve, Mediterra, Daniel Island Club, Haig Point Club, Long Cove Club, Hendersonville Country Club, Memphis Country Club, Broken Sound Club, Steelwood Country Club, Concession Golf Club, Golf Club at Briar's Creek, and the Dataw Island Club, along with many more. For more, visit http://www.golfcookbook.com.