Homestyle Cooking [Hardcover]

Julie Fisher Gunter (Editor)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 2002

The best of Southern comfort foods, from the leading authority on Southern cuisine. Features over 400 authentic, homestyle recipes from community cookbooks across the South, everything from picnics to canning produce. Over 100 sumptuous photographs, easy-to-use directions, plus the assurance that Southern Livings staff kitchen-tested each recipe, make Southern Living Homestyle Cooking a must-have for cooks of all skill levels.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 400 pages
• Publisher: Oxmoor House (April 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0848725190
• ISBN-13: 978-0848725198
• Product Dimensions: 10.9 x 9.1 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.9 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (21 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #239,189 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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20 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars yuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuum . . ., July 1, 2003

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Michael K. Smith (South Louisiana) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Homestyle Cooking (Hardcover)

Now, this is my idea of a cookbook! Four hundred recipes culled from several thousand community cookbooks, which are an excellent source for "real" recipes, as opposed to the elitist, artsy concoctions of chefs in expensive restaurants. I.e., this is the sort of regional comfort food I not only like to eat, but am also capable of preparing: Peach Cobbler, Pecan Pie, Country-Fried Steak, Honey-Baked Chicken, and all that good stuff. On the other hand, I'm really not an okra person (my wife is), and I have no use at all for greens of any kind. But you'll also find Curried Chicken Salad, Three-Pepper Frittata, Orange Hummus here, none of which I would consider "Southern." The Beer and Tomato Hush Puppies turned out really good, and so did the idea of making French toast with English muffins (never thought of that). Shrimp Manale (with garlic and white wine) is a very simple dish, but excellent, and the Catfish Classique, made with vermouth, whipping cream, and chopped scallions, was a very interesting take on a South Louisiana staple. I don't know about making "quick" beignets from frozen dinner rolls, though. I got this book from the library, but I think I'm going to have to buy my own copy.

14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Over 400 Recipes & 100 Photos, September 14, 2002

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"webcat15" (Acworth, GA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Homestyle Cooking (Hardcover)

This Southern Living Cookbook is unique and a must have because it's a volume of "400 Best Recipes" chosen from over 4,000 Southern Community Cookbooks (SL tested/tasted & approved). Plus, there's no "duplication" of recipes from other SL cookbooks, which you sometimes find if you collect them like I do.

I think this is truly one of the "most southern" SL cookbooks I've seen. It's a treasure of recipes you'll remember from your childhood, or what I affectionately call "Grandma Recipes". The recipes are timeless and never disappoint!

There's "comfort food", "sweet southern goodies", "quick and easy homestyle", "tastes like fried/but it's not" selections and more. One of my favorites is the chapter highlighting "10 Stellar Southern Favorites". The "Healthy Homestyle Cooking" Chapter provides nutritional analysis for each recipe, which I appreciated. Yet, I wish each recipe included this information. Despite that, it's a cookbook I highly recommend, enjoy tremendously and politely won't loan out!:)

17 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fabulous, Easy and Awesome!, July 15, 2004

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c2 (Dublin, Ohio) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Homestyle Cooking (Hardcover)

Here's another Southern Living cookbook you can't live without. The recipes are gathered from regular folks and aren't overly difficult to prepare. However, they taste as if you've been in the kitchen for days. They're really that good. This book made me really want to take up cooking further and since I bought this book, that's what I've been doing. Their desserts are outstanding and the main dishes are just wonderful. I can't say enough good about this book - just buy it for whomever you need it for and you'll be on their best friend list!