Gifted chef and storyteller Martha Hall Foose invites you into her kitchen to share recipes that bring alive the landscape, people, and traditions ...
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Jun 06, 2008
Melissa
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This book is fantastic! Martha Hall Foose's stories are marvelous, and the recipes are simply out of this world. If you have a chance to hear her speak or to attend one of her demos, do it! Plenty of yummy food and hilarious stories. I've had her Blue Cheese Pecan Bread, her Catfish in a Paper Bag, her Deep Shade Blueberry Cobbler with Homemade Buttermilk Peach Ice Cream (holy cow!), and her Hoppin' John. My personal favorite was the Sunflower Squash -- sorta like a squash flavored hushpuppy. I
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Mar 02, 2011
ediblenotes
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It is rare when a cookbook conveys not only recipe and technique but soul and humor as well. Many have recipes that we enjoy making but that we wished had more of the author's reflections on the subject at hand. Even more are long on 'personality' and short on interesting and functional recipes. Screen Doors and Sweet Tea by Martha Hall Foose (Clarkson Potter/Crown) smacks of great recipes you willwant to make more than once and stories you will want read aloud while making them.
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Jan 22, 2011
Mommalibrarian
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I learned a few things about cooking that I did not know from this book. Don't use extra virgin olive oil when making homemade mayonnaise. "It is unrefined and contains monoglycerides that may cause the emulsion to separate."
When you have soaked your dried beans before cooking "and find the skins have completely slipped off the beans, that means that they were too old to begin with. Throw them out." They will be tough when cooked.
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When you have soaked your dried beans before cooking "and find the skins have completely slipped off the beans, that means that they were too old to begin with. Throw them out." They will be tough when cooked.
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Aug 21, 2009
Jennifer
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I love food. It's a borderline obsessive thing. I like to eat, I like to go out to new restaurants, I love to cook. At the reference desk, I always have various food blogs open in the background. I'm always making something new and bringing it in... and of course, I'm always on the hunt for good cookbooks.
Martha Hall Foose won a James Beard award in the American Cookery category for this book. And I completely understand why, and I've only just made one recipe! (Cornbread Crusted Wh More...
Martha Hall Foose won a James Beard award in the American Cookery category for this book. And I completely understand why, and I've only just made one recipe! (Cornbread Crusted Wh More...
Apr 30, 2011
Jennifer
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It was the title that reached out and grabbed me first as I wound my way through the library shelves on a sunny Saturday afternoon. It wasn't quite warm enough to brew up a batch of sweet tea but that wouldln't stop me from reading about it! While these southern recipes sound delicious, especially the Blackberry Limeade (otherwise known as Amethyst Elixir), what really captured my attention were the descriptions and little stories that accompanied each recipe. Choose it for the recipes and sa
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Jul 23, 2008
mindi
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this was a cute book, with great little stories before each recipe. as far as a recipe book goes, i wouldn't really use it. being a southern girl myself, the few southern recipes i would ever want to cook are recipes that i would get from my southern friends and family. know what i mean?
for instance, at Thanksgiving, my Mom makes an amazing turkey dressing. it's not too dry or crumbly, so delicious. my aunt Diane makes (to her family) an amazing turkey dressing. her family li More...
for instance, at Thanksgiving, my Mom makes an amazing turkey dressing. it's not too dry or crumbly, so delicious. my aunt Diane makes (to her family) an amazing turkey dressing. her family li More...
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Jan 10, 2012
Margaret
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Fantastic cookbook with recipes from a Mississippi chef, writer, and bon vivant. Reading through this cookbook today actually made me weep; food can trigger such strong memories, and recipes have the same power. I wanted to be 8 years old again in the Mississippi Delta, at a family reunion, sneaking deviled eggs off the big platter while the aunts set everything out. It's a book of memories if you grew up in the South and are a certain age. The recipes are a mixture of old-fashioned standards (e
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Mar 15, 2010
Anina
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Inspired me to start making mayonnaise and consequently copious amounts of both tuna-pasta and egg salad within a 24 hour period.
I am going to make those buttermilk bacon pralines next.
This books is pretty awesome and does have some recipes I consider healthful (veggies) as well.
But I am still removing one star because of the detriment it poses to my health.
This is recommended for: people who like dairy fats.
I am going to make those buttermilk bacon pralines next.
This books is pretty awesome and does have some recipes I consider healthful (veggies) as well.
But I am still removing one star because of the detriment it poses to my health.
This is recommended for: people who like dairy fats.
May 06, 2011
Ms. Foose writes some of the very best cook books that I have ever read. Her love for the south, specifically the Mississippi delta area, and it's cuisine comes across on every page and is contagious. The recipes are accessible, plentiful and varied, and the photography is exquisite. I highly recommend this book for any chef.
-- Meagan
-- Meagan
Nov 24, 2010
Mary Kay
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Ms. Foose really captures a sense of place in her wonderful cookbook. Each recipe has a story, and the book has beautiful pictures of food. This book is good enough to read cover to cover. I really love the sweet potato biscuit recipe- it is delicious and simple. However, the red velvet cake did not turn out red when I made it.
Jul 26, 2009
Marian
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Good recipes though the pithy little southern comments got annoying pretty early. However, Great recipes and tips from how to fry perfect okra to the elusive lady bean salad pictured on the cover. This summer I'd just like to see a tomato that looks that good here in TX.
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Apr 19, 2010
Stephanie
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Martha's Southern family sounds fab, it was lovely hearing about her childhood - reminded me a bit of mine. I have yet to make non-baking things out of this, but I HIGHLY recommend the ginger molasses cookies. Everything else has been delightful as well.
Feb 28, 2009
Thursday
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This cookbook is full of amazing recipes: first on my to-cook list is the curried sweet potato soup. We're talking good, old-fashioned Southern cooking with the occasional update to take available ingredients and skills available.
May 06, 2010
Ashley
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I wish there were more pictures and better descriptions. I can't even figure out what half the recipes are for because the names are so obscure, and there are no other direction as to what the end product is. Not very inspiring.
Apr 18, 2011
Andrea
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I read this cookbook like a novel. I loved reading stories of people and food from her life mingled with southern recipes. It was almost like an autobiography. Haven't found many cookbooks like this one.
Mar 08, 2010
Noladishu
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May 01, 2011
Kathleen
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Thank you, Library Mine, for carrying such an array of cookbooks. No way my kitchen could hold all the ones I love. Might be worth an e-reader....
Jun 23, 2009
Jennifer
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A beautiful book with real Southern food and great stories. This is a book to be perused lazily, with a tall glass of sweet tea and something crisp to snack on...like the ladylike cheese straws Foose describes. A lovely, lovely book.
Aug 03, 2009
Jo
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Love books referencing the south and this one does not disappoint. Lovely old time recipes with gracious notes and entries
Jul 27, 2011
Fran
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I liked the photos and the recipes that went with them. Have tried several and will try more. The dialogue that accompanied the above made the whole book better.
May 05, 2009
Daniel
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A great book, not as good as the Lee Bros. Southern Cookbook, but one can't have too many cooking survival guides.
May 06, 2009
Jeni
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Great recipes and fun stories from The Delta. Reminds me of summers spent there in my childhood.
Jan 15, 2011
Katy
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I received this cookbook as a gift and have enjoyed reading it multiple times.
Jun 29, 2011
Pirate
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recipes seem a little impractical. loved the stories and memories, though.
May 22, 2011
Maureen
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Loved....my favorite kind of cookbook....excellent recipes w/ charming narrative.
Jun 29, 2011
Jay
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The sweetpotato curry soup was probably the best soup I've ever made. I've used a half a bottle of brandy on the milk punch recipe (and felt really southern drinking it). I've made the delicious and adorable polka-dot shortbread for a birthday gift, and the rich and creamy buttermilk peach ice cream for a treat! All winners,(though the ice cream needed more peaches and less buttermilk) the cobbler will likely be next, then I might need to focus on less fattening fare for awhile. I would love to
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Feb 12, 2010
Kristyn
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well, its a cookbook so I'll never finish reading it, but the recipes look awesome and i love the stories in it. I got it from the library, but I'm definitely going to buy it.
Jul 26, 2009
Dawn
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With family living in the Deep South I have actually had several of these recipes, and certainly heard of many others. I purchased two copies of this book, one for me, one for my sister who is moving south this summer.
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