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Paula Deen Celebrates!: Best Dishes and Best Wishes for the Best Times of Your Life
Beloved Food Network personality, restaurateur, and author Paula Deen loves a party, and in her latest book, "Paula Deen Celebrates ," Paula shares with fans old and new how she celebrates a year's worth of holidays and special occasions. Now anyone can share in the down-home celebrations Paula, her husband, Michael, their kids, and extended family enjoy at their...more
Hardcover, 240 pages
Published
November 1st 2007
by Simon & Schuster
(first published October 10th 2006)
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This cookbook is set up by menu for each celebration. The basics are here, starting with New Year's and including Valentine's Day and Christmas, but there are some a little less typical, such as Elvis's birthday. The recipes seem to be easy to make and most of the dishes sound pretty good. I think this will be a fun book to cook out of. I like how Paula included her "Pearls of Wisdom" for each menu and how there are also decorating tips from her assistant throughout the book.
I wish Paula was my next-door neighbor...I know we would just be the best of friends! Everything I've tried from here has been wonderful. While most of the recipes look really good, there are a few that I have no interest in trying.
Favorite Recipes:
Low-Country Boil
Sweet Potato Biscuits
Green Chili Squares
Bobby's Goulash
Whipping Cream Grits
Favorite Recipes:
Low-Country Boil
Sweet Potato Biscuits
Green Chili Squares
Bobby's Goulash
Whipping Cream Grits
I think it's difficult to accurately rate a cookbook...because I am the pickiest eater in the world, I wouldn't eat many of her recipes, but I am definitely NOT the best judge. Everything she makes on her show looks REALLY good, even if I don't like what's in it. All in all, I think Paula Deen is awesome, and I love her cookbooks.
There is so much nasty stuff in here!! The crab and spinach casserole was disgusting (and expensive). So much of this food is ridiculously impractical, at least for me (oyster-stuffed quail, oxtails), over-the-top-fatty (whipping-cream grits, creamy cabbage with bacon and whipping cream, sausage casserole, peanut butter ice cream, and KRISPY KREME bread pudding!) or gimmicky (a fried peanut butter and banana sandwich to celebrate Elvis's birthday.)
Generally, Paul Deen goes overboar...more
Generally, Paul Deen goes overboar...more
Great easy to follow recipes. Loved the stories behind all of the celebrations. Made the enchiladas and green chile squares- yummy!
tried a few recipes- like Mardi Gras King Cake, yum- can hear her drawl as I read the recipes
I love all these recipes. I have to be careful though, some have lots and lots of butter!
I love cookbooks, and I like Paula Deen, so of course I have to have her cookbooks
Some good recipes - love the mac & cheese! Definitely NOT diet friendly tho!
Use it all the time.
This is the second Paula Deen cookbook I've found - I'm addicted to used book sales! I love her recipes. They aren't the good-for-you recipes to make everyday, but when you want some REAL comfort food, this is your woman.
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Haven't used this one as much as my other PD cookbooks... but maybe that will change. Lots of recipes that sound good and fattening... but just no occasion to use most yet...
This is a fun cookbook. It has a section for holidays and special occasions..with the menus all put together.
My friend Cassie bought this for my birthday and I LOVE it. Paula Deen looks like my mother-in-law too.
Great for planning parties for ANY occasion. Including Elvis' birthday! No kidding!
The recipes that I have tried are amazing, especially the shrimp salad and chocolate trifle.
A fun cookbook. This is an autographed copy.
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Paula Deen (born Paula Ann Hiers) is an American cook, restaurateur, author, actress and Emmy Award-winning television personality.
Deen resides in Savannah, Georgia, where she owns and operates The Lady & Sons restaurant with her sons, Jamie and Bobby Deen. She has also published five cookbooks. Though married in 2004 to Michael Anthony Groover, she continues to use the surname Deen fr...more
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Deen resides in Savannah, Georgia, where she owns and operates The Lady & Sons restaurant with her sons, Jamie and Bobby Deen. She has also published five cookbooks. Though married in 2004 to Michael Anthony Groover, she continues to use the surname Deen fr...more
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