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Fannie Flagg's Original Whistle Stop Cafe Cookbook

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I love this cookbook! Here's a sampling of some of the recipes you will find within: Down Home Crab Cakes,Southern Barbecue,Turnip Greens,Cheese Grits,Lane Cake,---this book the is the absolute essence of Southern Cafe food! There is an abundance of recipes-some you wouldn't expect-and three Fried Green Tomato recipes.The Buttermilk Biscuit recipe is the best I have ever used.Lots of wonderful antecdotes on Alabama,Hollywood,the Piggly Wiggly,the movie- plenty of old time photos.A class act.Two words of caution: #1.)Ignore Fannie's Ode to Grapico-DON'T try the stuff! It's grape soda that will make your teeth ache for an hour it's so damned sweet! and #2.)These recipe's are NOT for the "calorically challenged"-but buy it anyway! What a great read

I recently checkout the cookbook at my public library and upon my surprise were some recipes that my mother used to make. This is a plus for me since my mother is no longer living and we didn't write down some of them. For someone who likes the old time cooking this is a wonderful book.

This is a treasure to have. I have used some of the recipes and they are very good.
But buying the book is worth it just to have the comments!! Fannie Flagg is such
an extraordinary author..especially if you love the South. After meeting her at a book signing, I realized then that I would want any and everything she writes!!

This is one of the best cookbooks for southern down home recipes in print. I have had this book in soft cover for almost 20 years. Every recipe is down home good food. I treasure this cookbook right beside my copy of the Joy of Cooking as one of the essential tools in the kitchen.

This is the best cookbook!!!! I love the old recipies and this one is LOADED with them. I loved the movie!!!! The cookbook is full of the best old time cooking. Easy recipies and anyone can cook these. I got this in the library and there were sooo many recipies I wanted to copy that in the end, I just had to buy it!!! You will not be disappointed in this one!!! A real winner in my book!!!! It has parts of the movie script in it on the sides of the pages....LOOOVE IT!!!!!

Love this book!!!! All the recipes takes me back to the south and my Aunt Mae's Sunday Supper's that I have always enjoyed. It also takes me back to easy living and being with family and neighbor's that care about eachother. I love and recommend anything that Fannie Flagg has written and I hope she continues to create more great reading.