Identifying, Understanding and Valuing Your Treasures takes you through your home and teaches you how to identify, assess, record, and preserve your personal treasures

This beautiful, nostalgic, and inspiring book celebrates the timeless magic of the garden. In her charming and literary style, Jenkins paints portraits of gardens in all seasons and for all occasions. Woven throughout are lovely quotations from literature and poetry, and Emyl's "gifts from the garden"--an herb table, garden lace, a flower press, fragrant herbal bath waters, and other imaginative crafts based on the garden's bounty. Full-color photographs.

Addressing a recent surge in reproduction furniture's popularity, a user-friendly guide summarizes the historical events that shaped the American furniture industry while providing information about how to assess and maintain value. 10,000 first printing.

Southern entertainer, extraordinaire, Emyl Jerkins, shares her top secret collection of fast, fabulous dishes that make your wish come true.
As a college president's wife, Emyl had to learn to entertain political dignitaries, professors, students, as well as the Junior League ladies on a half-hour's notice. Dinner had to taste especially good for her guests as well as her most discerning critics- her husband and children. Most recipes in this treasure trove can be made in under an hour -- many in 15 minutes -- using store-bought items such as soup mixes, frozen food or prepared food from your local grocer or deli. 
Of special help in the book are menus for assorted types of meals and parties. Over 150 recipes are included, covering every part of the meal -- from soups to one-dish meals; breads to desserts. Handy tips on easy yet impressive entertaining, including tablesetting tips and great food presentation, round out this book. Special dishes for brunches, elegant dinners, and holiday treats make this a cookbook to use year round.

The renowned cookbook and lifestyle author has put together a heartwarming look at the unique qualities of a Southern Christmas. The book travels from Maryland to Texas, from private homes and museums to grand hotels and country inns, sharing the festivities, recipes, decorations, music, gifts, and lore that make a Southern Christmas so special.

Bountifully illustrated with full-color photographs, this book offers readers a
sentimental and historic look at Southern Christmases past and present.

Antiques appraiser Jenkins turns her talents to fiction in the first of a series of mysteries that follow the heroine behind the scenes of the sometimes murky world of antiques, sophisticated scammers, and shifty associates.

When Sterling Glass is hired to assess the value of broken and missing antiques following a puzzling theft at Wynderly, a Virginia house museum once owned by Hoyt and Mazie Wyndfield, she finds her job is more complicated than she’d anticipated. Why would this well-heeled couple have had so many fakes among their extremely valuable antiques?

Working her way through uncovered diaries, old receipts, and one hidden room after another, Sterling finds the plot ever-expanding in this mystery of  deception.  Because Sterling Glass knows that though DNA and  forensics may prove ‘whodunit,’ ultimately it is people and the stories they tell that hold the real clues.  And so Sterling listens.  In her quest for the truth Sterling meets five women whose lives span the 1920s to today and learns why these women made the choices they did.

As Sara Gruen, author of Water for Elephants, said of Jenkins' new book, “Throw in a dash of danger, a hint of romance, and a pinch of international intrigue, and you have the perfect book to settle down with on a lazy afternoon.”

Celebrating America's rich cultural legacy, a collection of stories, rituals, folklore, and customs sheds new light on holiday traditions throughout the year and includes works by Thomas Wolfe, O. Henry, Reynolds Price, and others.

Emyl Jenkins tells you what it is, how to find it and (the fun part) how to investigate your treasure before you take it home. The quick reference card is invaluable.