books about: southern (dandelions strawberry spoonbread)

books about: southern

books:

Watching the Tree Limbs (Maranatha Series #1)

38 reviews
Mary E. Demuth

NavPress Publishing Group, 2006

Good Triumphs Over Evil
This novel about a young girl forced to confront adult issues latched onto my heart and refused to let go. Mara struggles to find answers we take for granted. Longing for love and a real home, she probes until those around her finally tell the truth. Mary shows us Mara's heart, her courage, and her determination to survive. The theme of God's answers to a child's prayers weaves it way ...

Georgia Cooking in an Oklahoma Kitchen: Recipes from My Family to Yours

41 reviews
Trisha Yearwood

Clarkson Potter, 2008

Highly recommended
Absolutely a great cook book with easy recipes and easy every day ingredients! I love it and I bought one for my daughter and my daughter-in-law as well. I recommend this book for beginners as well as seasoned veterans in the kitchen.

Mama Dip's Kitchen

39 reviews
Mildred Council

The University of North Carolina Press, 1999

One of My Favortie Cookbooks!
The recipes in this cookbook are fantastic. They are simple to make and absolutely delicious. Mama Dips has changed our long standing Thanksgiving tradition...her roated turkey recipe is so delectable we use this recipe now instead of the one that's been in use for the last 50 years. You won't go wrong with this cookbook. Highly recommended!!!

The Little Saigon Cookbook: Vietnamese Cuisine and Culture in Southern California's Little Saigon

43 reviews
Ann Le

Globe Pequot, 2006

Awesome and Authentic Cookbook!!!!!!!!
I found "The Little Saigon Cookbook" to be amongst the best of any of my Vietnamese/Asian cookbooks. It is vivid in its descriptions and illustrations. It also provides any serious enthusiast with some excellent recipes. My last dental assistant was Vietnamese and taught me a great deal before I had to retire and this cookbook reflects much of what she took the time to teach me. I also found ...

Chef Paul Prudhomme's Louisiana Kitchen

45 reviews
Paul Prudhomme

William Morrow Cookbooks, 1984

Authentic Recipes
This cookbook is a classic of authentic Louisiana recipes. They are all based on the true methods of Louisiana cooking that is so famous. I have lived in Louisiana all my life and I can tell you that you will not find a cookbook that is better if you are interested in "the real deal." I have wanted this cookbook to add to my collection and although I have been cooking Louisiana food for many ...

Murder Boogies with Elvis

47 reviews
Anne George

HarperCollinsPublishers, 2001

not 'as common as pig's tracks'
This final book in the Southern Sisters mysteries was a delightful book as they all were. Bitter sweet in the reading as I continued to enjoy the antics of Mouse and Sister, all the while knowing there would be no more. The 8 book series was a delightful read and I so enjoyed sitting down to romp through the Birmingham area with an unlikely pair of sleuths. I will forever wonder what happens to ...

Bon Appetit, Y'All: Recipes and Stories from Three Generations of Southern Cooking

41 reviews
Virginia Willis

Ten Speed Press, 2008

Excellent
Many cookbooks contain interesting recipes... but my favorite cookbooks also count as a good read. This one is a new favorite -- my mother was GRITS (Girl Raised In The South), so many of the foods are familiar to me, and I am happy to have more recipes. And I spent a happy afternoon reading, which is always a big plus for me. Great addition to my collection.

Precarious

96 reviews
Hope Coulter

Amazon, 2007

I'm crying already
I am moved by what I've read so far. I am already invested in this young man, and I want to know more, to know how the story progresses and ends.

Murder Carries a Torch: A Southern Sisters Mystery

40 reviews
Anne George

Wheeler Publishing, 2001

Pukey Lukey Bangs his Head
I have thoroughly enjoyed all of the books in this series so far and this one may well be the best of the bunch. Just where else could you find a story about a guy nicknamed Pukey Lukey whose wife ran off with a snake-handling preacher who was painting their house. Mary Alice (Sister) and Patricia Anne (Mouse) are always hilarious but with a plot line like this anybody could be funny. Readers ...

Fair and Tender Ladies

46 reviews
Lee Smith

Putnam Adult, 1988

ONE OF THE BEST OF THE BEST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
How I hated for this book to end! I LOVE Lee Smith's writings. She is truly one of THE BEST authors of our time. If you have not read her, PLEASE DO. She NEVER EVER disappoints. This wondeful book is written in the form of letters by one Miss Ivy Rowe. The letters span the lifetime of Ivy. She LOVES to write letters and writes to friends, family, acquaintances. Ivy chronicles her entire ...

Spoonbread & Strawberry Wine: Recipes and Reminiscences of a Family

25 reviews
Norma Jean Darden, Carole Darden

Harlem Moon, 1994

A great first cookbook
My mother gave this cookbook to me when I was in college. She wanted me to learn how to cook. I was a bookworm who was more interested in history than cooking so I always resisted. She gave me the first edition of this cookbook a small paperback with the yellow cover and the same picture of the Darden sisters. Once I began reading this book I fell in love with the idea of learning to cook. ...

Weeping Willows Dance

34 reviews
Gloria Mallette

Gemini Press (PA), 2001

Amazing..Determination
This book was amazing. How could one person endure so much. Determination is the key.

Creeker: A Woman's Journey

37 reviews
Linda Scott DeRosier

University Press of Kentucky, 1999

She Took Me Home
I was born in Paintsville (home of Loretta Lynn) and had to move away when I was 4. Reading this book took me back to my Grandma's front porch and the well outside. It reminded me of church outhouses and dinner on the ground. Made me want to throw rocks in the creek off the bridge at Grandma's and walk up to the family graveyard to wonder about my ancestor's lives. If you are from Eastern ...

This One and Magic Life: A Novel of a Southern Family

31 reviews
Anne C. George

William Morrow, 1999

Laden with Happiness and Tears
Spaces and overlaps and the time space continuum. Family, heart, soul, southern fiction at its very richest. Voices from the grave and a meeting of the generations as a family icon passes through this world. Mortality, as seen through a veil of overlaps and spaces, quirks and characters. Sunrise, Sunset - flows through the chapters like the water of Mobile Bay. Bittersweet beauty woven ...

The Ultimate Southern Living Cookbook

26 reviews

Oxmoor House, 1999

An All Time Favorite
This cook book should be in any serious cooks/entertainers collection. The Shrimp Scampi is simply sublime!!! The Menu Index is Fabulous including ideas for "A Hunter's Feast, Ladies Tea Room Lunch, Comfort Food for the Family," and so many more. I have thousands of cook books and this is one I go back to time and time again. The recipes always come out fabulous. Too bad it is no longer in ...

Sweet Caroline

27 reviews
Rachel Hauck

Thomas Nelson, 2008

A Delicious Read!
I loved it! This is the first book I've ever read from this author and I'll be looking for more. This was such a great read, I dove right in an finished it in one day. It was almost as satisfying as a plate of southern comfort food! The main character, Caroline, was endearing and I found the secondary characters to be so well written, especially Mercy Bea who I couldn't read without hearing ...

The Gift of Southern Cooking: Recipes and Revelations from Two Great American Cooks

24 reviews
Edna Lewis, Scott Peacock

Knopf, 2003

J. T. Reynolds - Boston, MA
The Gift of Southern Cooking is one of the best collections of pure southern cooking to be found, from a grand dame of the South. These recipes preserve much of the history of southern food, handed down from generation-to-generation, and brought to life in the inspired talent of Scott Peacock.

Jambalaya, Crawfish Pie, Fil Gumbo: Cajun and Creole Cuisine

33 reviews
Todd-Michael St.Pierre

Writers Club Press, 2000

A Cookbook With a Delightful Twist!
I laughed out loud at a lot of the commentary in this book. One really funny example is the recipe on page 110 "Hotter Than Hell Sabbath Dip" (From a drag queen in New Orleans who claims to be the original Creole Lady Marmalade) Very campy, very southern, other recipes make reference to Tennessee William's "A Streetcar Named Desire" and there are so many with that distinctly New Orleans flair. ...

White Trash Cooking

31 reviews
Ernest Matthew Mickler

Ten Speed Pr, 1988

Superb Regional Cookbook
I must confess that I resisted buying this cookbook for many years. I am an avid collector of American Regional and International cookbooks, but found the title of this book offensive. I assumed it was written to mock rural whites, a people I know to be hardworking, self-reliant, and decent. I was wrong about this one. This book actually celebrates these people and their cuisine, and is one of ...

Wishing on Dandelions (Maranatha Series #2)

27 reviews
Mary E. Demuth

NavPress Publishing Group, 2006

A Great Follow Up
Wishing on Dandelions is a great follow up to Watching the Tree Limbs in the Maranatha Series. I'm glad DeMuth let readers see what happens to Maranatha. While this novel contains a love story, it's so natural and sweet that the book doesn't come across like a romance, but more of a journey where readers get to see Maranatha learn to let herself be loved.