Recipes & Memories: Southern Recipes with Heart of Growing Up in the South By: Sandra Bechtold Recipes & Memories: Southern Recipes with Heart of Growing Up in the South reminisces the life of Sandra Bechtold, growing up in a military family that moved nearly every year while spending summers in a small town with a loving grandmother. Be transported to a simpler time, with memories of time spent with grandparents, siblings, and older relatives, a slower pace of life, and the amazing food that brought the family together, and benefit from the lessons learned, advice offered, love, and stability of her upbringing.