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The History Connection - Screen Doors and Sweet Tea: Recipes and Tales from a Southern Cook
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List Price: $32.50
Our Price: $18.39
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Manufacturer: Clarkson Potter
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Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 641.5975
EAN: 9780307351401
ISBN: 0307351408
Label: Clarkson Potter
Manufacturer: Clarkson Potter
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 256
Publication Date: 2008-04-29
Publisher: Clarkson Potter
Release Date: 2008-04-29
Studio: Clarkson Potter
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Summary: Beautiful book - a delight to read
Comment: This is such a beautiful well presented book. The paper on which it is printed is slightly thicker and heavier than many modern books and the glossy print does get justice to the photographs.
I love the little stories she adds to each recipe, and the book is just a pleasure to read, even if you won't attempt the majority of the recipes.
There are definitely some recipes which I won't be attempting, such as the turtle soup but many recipes are easily followed and could be made with ingredients that shouldn't be too hard to find in your local store.
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Summary: Screen Coors and Sweet Tea
Comment: I agree this is a nice book - however, it is not a "Southern Cookbook" - more recipes for low country cooking as it has "turtle soup" and other such accoutrements! However, the stories and quips and quotes are interesting. I purchased three of these to give as Christmas presents; but when received quickly realized they would not be suitable for the intended recipients. I returned them - and twelve days later am still waiting for my credit!!
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Summary: What a hoot!
Comment: This is worth it both for the recipes (great stuff) and the really clever, loving never condescending commentary about the South. America the diverse!
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Summary: Takes me back to my Great Aunt Sallie's back porch
Comment: Any time of the year that I pick up this lovely book, I am transported to a place and time. It looks like this: I'm wearing a pastel-colored cotton dress, my hair is newly washed and hanging down my back, the rocking chair I am sitting in, on Great Aunt Sallie's screened-in back porch, is slowly creeping across its gray-painted wooden floor. I hear her dog (sleeping at my feet) chasing a rabbit in his dreams and I (impatiently) wait for Aunt Sallie to bring me the latest confections that will soon be coming out of her oven, judging by the intoxicating smell of sugar and butter that fill the air. This book takes me back to this time as an 8-year old Southern girl.
As a typical Boomer, I went through lots of changes during the 60's. Now, looking over the cubicle wall at retirement, this charming book takes me back to a time when I can see my mother's white gloves saved for Sunday church or a funeral. I hear my dad poking holes in the lid of a mayo jar so my brother and I can catch fire-flies on a summer evening. I remember entering my aunts' homes (had lots of aunts!) and not understanding when they said, "Oh, my house is such a mess today," and everything seemed to be in perfect order to me. I remember the first bridal shower tea to which my mother took me, thinking I might finally be mature enough to attend. I watched the rites and formalities of things like silver punch bowls, how the punch cups must be set out in a line, the pastel beauty of fragrant round mints in a cut-glass bowl, and wondering if I would ever fit into this dignified, orderly lady-like world when I felt such a tomboy at the time.
Now, thanks to Martha's book, I can re-enter that clean, polite tucked-in-with-a-kiss-at-night world where almost everyone was called Miss Flossie or Miss Rowena or Miss Callie once their hair turned white, no matter how many grandchildren they had. The final truth came to me at the age of 13 one Thanksgiving. My father entered the kitchen peopled by my mother, two of her sisters (all over 50) and a non-relative everyone just called Aunt Mac (60 or 70+ years old.) Daddy said, "How are you girls coming? Will we be eating soon?" I broke out laughing and questioned, "Girls???" The women all silently turned and glared at me while my father explained, "No matter how many birthdays a lady has, she is always a girl." Having become A Lady of a Certain Age, I can testify to the fact that I am still a girl and this book helps me re-enter, re-call and re-live that time. Thank you, Martha, for your breath of fresh air and making me wish I had paid more attention now during those teas, showers and dinners.
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Summary: Tempted to keep it for myself!
Comment: I bought this book to give to my Louisiana-born mother-in-law, but I'm tempted to keep it for myself. The stories are delightful, the photos are beautiful, but the recipes are the real star of the show here. If you grew up eating southern food, you'll find your old favorites (fried chicken, cheese grits, banana pudding) plus some updated versions of classics, and lots of fresh ideas, too! I'll be making curried sweet potato soup this weekend, and I can't wait for summer so I can try a cantaloupe daiquiri! Martha Hall Foose adds a generous helping of her own charming personality; her wit makes the book fun to read. An example: she warns us against the cheap vanilla wafers, saying "banana pudding is no time to be a skinflint." I couldn't agree more. Take this book into the kitchen or curl up on the sofa--you'll enjoy it either way.
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Gifted chef and storyteller Martha Hall Foose invites you into her kitchen to share recipes that bring alive the landscape, people, and traditions that make Southern cuisine an American favorite.
Born and raised in Mississippi, Foose cooks Southern food with a contemporary flair: Sweet Potato Soup is enhanced with coconut milk and curry powder; Blackberry Limeade gets a lift from a secret ingredient–cardamom; and her much-ballyhooed Sweet Tea Pie combines two great Southern staples–sweet tea and pie, of course–to make one phenomenal signature dessert. The more than 150 original recipes are not only full of flavor, but also rich with local color and characters.
As the executive chef of the Viking Cooking School, teaching thousands of home cooks each year, Foose crafts recipes that are the perfect combination of delicious, creative, and accessible. Filled with humorous and touching tales as well as useful information on ingredients, techniques, storage, shortcuts, variations, and substitutions, Screen Doors and Sweet Tea is a must-have for the American home cook–and a must-read for anyone who craves a return to what cooking is all about: comfort, company, and good eating.
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