Delilah's Everyday Soul: Southern Cooking With Style [Bargain Price] [Hardcover]

Delilah Winder (Author), Jennifer Lindner McGlinn (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 17, 2006

In Delilah’s Everyday Soul, chef Delilah Winder shares the Southern-inspired recipes that helped earn her the devotion of many, including television’s Oprah Winfrey, the NFL’s Donovan McNabb, and music’s Patti LaBelle. Sharing more than 100 of her favorite recipes and the stories behind them, Delilah reaches back to her roots and forward to future generations of soul food lovers with her fun, eclectic recipes. For Delilah, Southern food comes from the heart and touches the soul. The recipes in Delilah's Everyday Soul are arranged by occasion and accented with special memories, tips, and suggestions for preparing and serving. They feature traditional soul food like Delilah’s delectable fried chicken and strawberry lemonade, and also include more modern renditions of the fare, plus alternative ingredients for those who want to try healthier versions of the spectacular recipes.

--This text refers to an alternate Hardcover edition.

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About the Author

Delilah Winder left a career as a business analyst to open her one-woman food stand in Philadelphia’s historic Reading Terminal Market. Today, she employs more than 60 people who work in six Delilah’s Southern Cuisine stands. In 2000, she opened Bluezette, a Latin, Caribbean, and soul food restaurant in Philadelphia’s Old City district. Delilah’s food has received numerous accolades, including Best Mac & Cheese by Oprah Winfrey, 100 Favorite Foods by Saveur Magazine, and Best of Philly. Delilah’s cooking has been featured on many national television food shows, including Food Network’s The Best of Southern Cuisine, and CBS’s Chef On A Shoestring.

--This text refers to an alternate Hardcover edition.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 280 pages
• Publisher: Running Press Book Publishers (November 17, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0762426012
• ASIN: B000UK35IE
• Product Dimensions: 10.1 x 8 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (27 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,024,341 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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29 of 30 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A good cookbook that's also entertaining to read., July 10, 2007

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Lilac Lily (Florida, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Delilah's Everyday Soul: Southern Cooking With Style (Hardcover)

If you want to learn more about southern cooking then this is the right book for you. It includes almost all the recipes that the South is famous for and the author, whose passion for cooking is contagious, does a good job presenting the different recipes with entertaining anecdotes of her own.

However, if you are looking for some healthy and quick recipes then maybe you should get a different cookbook. The author doesn't give any calorie counts or preparation times. What she does give you are some delicious and sometimes indulgent recipes. This book was clearly written for the love of food not to watch your waistline.

My only complaint is that some of the recipes didn't seem to have the right measures. For example the famous Maccaroni and Cheese Recipe(which btw won an award on the Oprah Show) called for one 9x13 pan and states that it serves 6-8 people. Well, when I made it, I came out with THREE 9x 13 pans of maccaroni and cheese which I ended up giving away to friends and family. But everybody confirmed that it was the best Mac and Cheese ever! So just use some common sense when you look at the amount of ingredients versus the serving size.

11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful, Wonderful, May 14, 2007

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S. Valle (Miami, FL USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Delilah's Everyday Soul: Southern Cooking With Style (Hardcover)

I bought this cookbook after it was raved about and soldout on QVC. The recipes are fabulous. Some are so supper easy, its a wonder I never heard of them (Strawberry Butter). Others are so sought after, I couldn't wait to make it my signature dish (Oxtails and Mac/cheese). Still others...well, surfice to say its just the best. The pictures are inspiring and make you wish you were there. This book is also a great gift to a best girlfriend. To make things even sweeter, I didn't have to go on QVC's waitlist, and I paid half the price. The oxtail recipe alone is worth the price of the entire book.

10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Not a bad book........., November 28, 2007

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T. Griffin (Raleigh, NC USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Delilah's Everyday Soul: Southern Cooking With Style (Hardcover)

but you have to wonder how much time was spent editing when the recipe most people would buy the book for, the mac and cheese, was faulty. It seems like many of the other recipes also have problems with missing ingredients, missing steps, or incorrect measurements. Most can be figured out easily enough, but they really should have tried harder. Buy it used.