Paula Deen’s The Deen Family Cookbook
Posted on Wednesday, December 16th, 2009 at 8:37 am
- ISBN13: 9780743278133
- Condition: NEW
- Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
Product Description
“Many of the bonds my family has were forged over the dinner table and through the sharing of recipes. Cooking is the way we express our love for one another….I feel so lucky and blessed by the strong support and wonderful memories — and the incredible recipes — that my family has brought me. They are the heart and soul of this book.”
— FROM THE INTRODUCTION
Nothing is more important to Paula Deen than her family, and nothing makes that big family happier than sitting down to a meal together. In Paula Deen’s The Deen Family Cookbook, Paula and the Deens, Hiers, Groovers, and Orts share their recipes and memories.
Paula’s beloved Aunt Peggy makes an Old-Fashioned Meat Loaf that’s as good in sandwiches the next day as it is for dinner. Baby brother Bubba Hiers brings his Beer and Onion Biscuits to the table, and his daughter, Corrie, makes a simple but luscious Lemony, Buttery Baked Fish that’s perfect for a weeknight dinner. (Her Carrot-Pecan Cupcakes with Cream Cheese Frosting are pretty tasty, too!) Son Jamie makes Huevos Rancheros, perfect for brunch, or try Bobby’s Whole Wheat and Honey Pancakes. Husband Michael Groover knows his way around a grill: try his Company’s Coming Grilled Steak and Veggie Supper for easy entertaining, and finish the evening with his Irish Coffee.
Of course, there was no way The Lady herself was going to let her relatives have all the fun: Paula is, after all, Paula. She shares her recipe for the Ham and Chutney Biscuit Fingers she puts on the table at every family party as well as the Eggplant and Sausage Lasagna that went a long way toward getting the boys to eat their vegetables. And while there’s plenty of butter, bacon, and mayonnaise in these pages, you’ll find some of the lighter recipes that Paula enjoys, too: Seared Scallops with Pineapple-Cucumber Salsa is her first choice for a healthful but romantic supper with Michael, and Oven-Fried Chicken Breasts with Honey-Yogurt Drizzle lets Paula indulge in her favorite foods without guilt and with room for dessert.
With more than 140 recipes and dozens of beautiful color photographs, there’s something here for everyone. So invite over all those aunts, uncles, cousins, and friends, and treat them to some home cooking, Deen family style.
Just got my book yesterday and had to pick it up and look at it. She’s a real treat. Love her cookbooks.
Rating: 5 / 5
it was a nice book but alot of the recipes calls for things that i don’t have nor do I have idea what store would have it.
Rating: 4 / 5
I’ve only tried a few things so far–I swore one of the reciepes must be written wrong–equal amounts of sugar and flour for cake? Didn’t turn out.
Rating: 3 / 5
The book was shipped in a timely fashion and arrived in great shape. After reading through some of the recipes, I am sure my dad will enjoy this gift. Paula is a class act and her recipes are wonderful.
Rating: 4 / 5
For all of the cookbooks I have reviewed, you would think me to be a gourmet or “foodie.” Well, no and no. As I have mentioned in other places, I am no one’s idea of a great cook, and I don’t know chutney from chives. But I like to think I know good recipies when I see them, and I also like to think that I can also see a B.S. “celebrity chef” cookbook that serves up impossible recipies no reasonable person in command of his senses would even attempt. I am pleased to report that I checked this book out, tried a couple of the easier offerings, and became hooked. The “Beer and Onion Biscuits” will spell my death.
Deen’s book is a fun read, and the recipies are really not all that difficult. And the food, while sometimes dressy, is hearty food, filling and satisfying. And I like the fact that Deen and her editors give “credit where credit is due” for these recipies, some of which were probably jealously guarded family secrets once upon a time. The book’s overall construction is also user-friendly, although not accident-proof.
I will warn anyone, though, that Deen deserves her reputation as “The Queen of Butter.” If you want heart-healthy fare, you had best pass this one by. And I really don’t see where most of the recipies would remain undiminished by substitution. So, this is not the book for the diet-restricted, to say the least.
Excellent book, serviceable and delicious recipies. Enjoy!
Recommended.
Rating: 5 / 5