Buchanan publishes her first book

By Mickey Starling  Riverbend News Mary Wells Buchanan, a retired educator who lives in the Hickory Grove community, has published her first book. Her cookbook, “Someone” Learns How to Cook the Southern Way, is a collection of recipes for “someone,” who could be a new bride, someone who wants to learn something new, or “Old Geezers” who don’t realize they don’t know how to cook. The author is well known for her “kitchen catastrophes” by the Hattie Dees and Kirby Wells families of Hamilton County. So, she included some of those funny stories in the cookbook. This book has something for even experienced cooks. “Most people who write cookbooks do not provide ste