Classic Recipes for Today's Kids: Imperial Sugar Company Reissues 1950's Favorites in Kids Cookbook.

SUGAR LAND, Texas -- Featuring 15 timeless recipes such as meatloaf and gingerbread, Imperial Sugar Company (Nasdaq:IPSU) is now offering My First Cookbook, a collection of classic recipes combined with simple instructions and education geared for today's grade schoolers. Originally published in 1959, My First Cookbook is bilingual (English and Spanish) and available for $2 plus two proof of purchases of any Imperial Sugar or Dixie Crystals product.

A generation of cooks has grown up in the 45 years since Imperial Sugar first published My First Cookbook and the memories of preparing a recipe for the first time as a child remain. Imperial Sugar receives letters almost daily from today's mothers and grandmothers who are now purchasing the cookbook for the next generation. Most write how they wish to teach their own children how to cook using natural ingredients such as sugar that only has 15 calories per teaspoon.

"I remember receiving it (My First Cookbook) in the mail and being so proud that the cookbook was just mine," reminisced Dana Territo from Baton Rouge, La. "It was indeed my very first cookbook and is now a cherished keepsake from my mother and my childhood."

For many, the cookbook was a favorite beyond grade school. Pam McKee from Lake Jackson, Texas, so loved the recipes she continued to prepare them throughout high school. "The recipes always looked so cute when they were finished and I was always so proud to have cooked something," she wrote recently. "I used the My First Cookbook in high school in my home economics class since the recipes were so easy to follow and not time consuming."

The recipes in this latest edition of My First Cookbook include breakfast items, beverages, mealtime favorites, snacks and five sweet treats. In a nod to today's growing Hispanic population, the cookbook is not only bilingual but also features a few Spanish favorites such as Galletas Dulce Para Bodas (Wedding Cookies).

The cookbook also covers basic cooking skills, terms, measurements and safety tips.

Anyone interested in a copy of My First Cookbook can mail a check or money order for $2 plus two proofs of purchase from any Imperial Sugar or Dixie Crystals product to:

Imperial Sugar My First Cookbook
                         Imperial-Savannah LP
                              PO Box 763
                         Layton UT 84041-0763

About Imperial Sugar Company

The Imperial Sugar Company is one of the largest processors and marketers of refined sugar in the United States to food manufacturers, retail grocers and foodservice distributors. With packaging and refining facilities across the U.S., the company markets products nationally under the Imperial(R), Dixie Crystals(R), Pioneer(R), Spreckels(R) and Holly(R) brands. For more information about Imperial Sugar, visit www.imperialsugar.com.