Deep Dish: A Novel
by Mary Kay Andrews
published
March 1st 2009
by Harper Paperbacks
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Paperback, 400 pages
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0060837373
(isbn13: 9780060837372)
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This book was a disappointment compared to other books that I have read by Mary Kay Andrews (Savannah Blues is my favorite). She is, by no means, an author of literature with a "big L", but her novels are generally less generic and predictable. However, it would still fulfill a desire for an easy, light-hearted read and you do get some cooking tips throughout the read and a couple of Ol' Southern Favorite recipies at the end. Maybe the Tomato Soup Cake recipe will improve my rating.
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Read in April, 2008
I'm a big fan of Mary Kay Andrews but this book completely fell flat for me. I never once cared about the two main characters and it seemed like the book went on and on and the "boom" all of the sudden boy loves girl. Um....what??? When did that happen?
It's an ok read, not terrible, but absolutely not worth the $25 hardback price tag!
It's an ok read, not terrible, but absolutely not worth the $25 hardback price tag!
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Read in May, 2008
Fluffy fun chick lit. I take issue with the man and woman falling so quickly in "love", c'mon, can't he just say he's interested in her? Noooo...after a couple weeks of a completely antagonistic relationship, he's in love. C'mon, that's not real. It's so bad, it's not even good fiction!
The "Next Food Network Star" type plot device made for a fun backdrop, but feels hackneyed as all the characters view a cooking show contest as new and innovative. Maybe if it were 1998 no...more
The "Next Food Network Star" type plot device made for a fun backdrop, but feels hackneyed as all the characters view a cooking show contest as new and innovative. Maybe if it were 1998 no...more
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Read in April, 2008
Not my favorite book of hers (hard to compete with the Savannah series) but a good read overall. I didn't give it a four because about halfway in it started to ramble and I wondered how an editor could have helped it out a little. Of course, I'd still like to meet the "Tatester" in person!!
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Read in July, 2008
I don't have anything against this book, but reading it after The Glass Castle and before Atonement, I couldn't really get past the "fan fiction"-ness of it. Natty Lite? "I Love You" out of the blue? It was fun to read about what they cooked, but I think I like a meatier book :)
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Read in March, 2008
This book was pretty good, but I must say I've liked Mary Kay Andrews other book characters better. This book was about 2 cooking show chefs. The book starts out in Atlanta, GA and then goes to Eutau Island and back to Atlanta. There was alot of things going on at Eutau Island!
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Read in March, 2008
Okay for what it is, I guess ... it just isn't my kind of thing. Predictable, cheery chick-lit in which spunky heroine and hunky hero start out hatin' and end up lovin'. In between, they cook. In the kitchen. On TV.
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Read in March, 2008
Probably my least favorite of her books, this one is more a romantic caper set in the world of food tv and reality shows. Light, quick, enjoyable....if it wasn't so big it would be a good beach book.
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Read in April, 2008
fluffy chick-lit
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Read in July, 2008
recommends it for:
television cooking show fans
Mary Kay Andrews delights her readers with a delicious mix of behind-the-scenes reality TV moments and some really yummy (sounding, anyway - I haven't quite tried anything yet, but I'm going to!) recipes!! Gina Foxton is the star of her very own reality TV cooking show and having a romance with her producer, Scott, and is just about to take a summer hiatus from filming when she finds out that her show has been cancelled by the producer - and all because Scott was caught having a fling with the p...more
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Gina Foxton's local television cooking show, "Fresh Start," has been cancelled due to circumstances waaaaaaaaaaaay beyond her control. Fortunately, talent scouts from The Cooking Channel are in town and they're ready to offer her a new national show. But there's a catch. She has to out-compete Tate Moody, host of "Vittles," a shoot-em and grill-em cooking show popular with both men who like to hunt and women who like to watch Tate's abs, pecs, and glutes. What follows is ...more
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Read in May, 2008
I was searching the airport book store for a quick read during a flight and came across this book: not too heavy and the summary sounded somewhat entertaining. The deciding factor to buy fell on one page in the book...I just happened to skim the back and saw a recipe for Tomato Soup Chocolate Cake. This intrigued me; it sounded so disgusting that I simply had to buy the book just to make the recipe.
Needless to say, the book is your typical romance story: characters despise each other, feel...more
Needless to say, the book is your typical romance story: characters despise each other, feel...more
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Read in January, 2008
“Every girl needs a little chick-lit brain candy once in a while,” my friend Erin wrote, passing to me her advance copy of “Deep Dish,” which came out Feb. 26. “And since it’s all about cooking, I thought of you.”
I’m glad she did – as I’m not the book snob my pal had me pegged for, I dove in and found that author Mary Kay Andrews has the recipe for another best seller in “Deep Dish.” Her last book, “Hissy Fit,” spent some time on the New York Times Best Seller Li...more
I’m glad she did – as I’m not the book snob my pal had me pegged for, I dove in and found that author Mary Kay Andrews has the recipe for another best seller in “Deep Dish.” Her last book, “Hissy Fit,” spent some time on the New York Times Best Seller Li...more
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Read in April, 2008
recommends it for:
Food Network junkies who'd like a fun beach read
Read in October, 2008
I'm not really sure what happened. I checked this out of the library, having never before experienced even a passing urge to read a Mary Kay Andrews novel, read it in 3 hours, and returned it to the library. If it were a mood-altering substance and not the spunky working woman's romance novel, there would be a word for what I did, somewhere in the category of "binge" or "spree" or possibly even "fugue." However, as it is, I am left with a strange empty feeling an...more
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Read in March, 2008
Ok ya'll, I dove into my quaint Southern roots again. Mary Kay Andrews can be counted on to provide a deep Southern (read Georgia) fried experience that's pretty true unfortunately or fortunately, depending on how ya'll look at it.
Think Paula Dean as a ditzy, klutzy, sweet young thang (with a brain) just starting to cook on air -- who meets her down home boy cook match -- and you've pretty much got the plot. Throw in a couple of Yankee antagonists (of course) and the plot thickens. And that...more
Think Paula Dean as a ditzy, klutzy, sweet young thang (with a brain) just starting to cook on air -- who meets her down home boy cook match -- and you've pretty much got the plot. Throw in a couple of Yankee antagonists (of course) and the plot thickens. And that...more
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Read in August, 2008
Two chefs - Gina Foxton and Tate Moody. A chance for their own show on 'The Cooking Channel.' Gina's own local public show was cancelled and caught her boyfriend cheating. She really wants this opportunity. Tate's show 'Vittles' is good. He's a sportmans who shows how to fix what you catch or hunt. But going national is something they each want. Taken to a South Carolina island lodge with the high-tech kitchens set up and basic food staples. The rest of the food each has to find on the isl...more
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Read in February, 2008
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This is a fun, quick, southern style romp of a love story. It pokes a bit of fun of cooking shows and reality television, which is always fun in my book.
The premise: small time TV cooks Gina Foxton (focus on healthy, local, fresh eating) and Tate Moody (focus on hunt
it, shoot it, cook it) are uneasily sharing PBS production space for their respective shows. When their unusual
chemistry is noted by a visiting NY producer a competition begins, morphing into a reality TV show, pitting them ...more
The premise: small time TV cooks Gina Foxton (focus on healthy, local, fresh eating) and Tate Moody (focus on hunt
it, shoot it, cook it) are uneasily sharing PBS production space for their respective shows. When their unusual
chemistry is noted by a visiting NY producer a competition begins, morphing into a reality TV show, pitting them ...more
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Read in June, 2008
Mary Kay Andrews' books do adhere to a formula -- feisty Southern girl who's passionate about her work encounters trouble with both men and work, which is satisfactorily resolved by the end of the book. But she does it so well! In Deep Dish, Gina, a young woman with a regionally popular public tv cooking show, gets her big chance at national stardom on "The Cooking Channel." The catch is, she must best hunky good ol' boy Tate Moody, also a cooking show host, in a "Survivo...more
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Read in March, 2008
This is by far the best effort of Mary Kay Andrews to date. It still wasn't the best romance I've ever read, but I was highly entertained throughout.
Gina hosts a local southern-cooking show that has just been cancelled. Her producer and boyfriend apparently slept with the sponsor's wife, so the funding has been pulled. Trying to finish out the season, she finds out she has to share a studio with Tate Moody, who hosts a show called Vittles. Then the Food Channel comes calling to decide wh...more
Gina hosts a local southern-cooking show that has just been cancelled. Her producer and boyfriend apparently slept with the sponsor's wife, so the funding has been pulled. Trying to finish out the season, she finds out she has to share a studio with Tate Moody, who hosts a show called Vittles. Then the Food Channel comes calling to decide wh...more
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