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Mama Dip's Family Cookbook

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A follow-up to the popular "Mama Dip's Family Kitchen," Mama Dip's Family Cookbook is a treasury of more than three hundred recipes for savory, homestyle Southern cooking, from traditional meals to festive party foods and dishes ideal for community gatherings. An introductory essay by author Mildred "Mama Dip" Council, winner of the 2004 North Carolina Restaurant Association Neighbor Award for her role in Chapel Hill's annual community dinner, offers memories of her early life and her experiences as her exceptional cooking style became increasingly well-known and appreciated. Taste-tested dishes such as Spoon Bread, Chicken Noodle Pie, Apple-Nut Squares, Candied Carrots are presented with easy-to- follow instructions. Mama Dip's Family Cookbook is a superb cookbook for creating meals and festive trays with down-home Southern flavor.

this second cookbook is just as wonderful as the first. i am a fan and even had the opportunity to eat in her wonderful restaurant and meet this gifted cook. the recipes are simple and delicious. my entire family loves each one (my kids are 9 and 5, so that really says something). i believe this one will become as stained and dog-eared as the first. enjoy!

Excellent as every recipe mama dip has provided for us. love her cookbooks and her recipes.

Just can't say enough about Mama Dips cook books. If you buy one you should buy the other ( Mama Dips kitchen.)I am a misplaced southern girl, living in the mid-west, and you don't find much soul food in our parts. She has all the recipes I grew up on with my grandma's good ole southern food. Lots of the things I had stored in my memory bank, but there were so many more. I am so glad I found these two books! Believe me you will be also!

As in the first book, this also is fun reading and even more fun making the recipes. Definitely recommend this for you all if you want to make things like your mom or grandmom did!

The book is a culmination of a lifelong of hardwork and serving others. I was glad to pay homeage to Mama Council for sharing her exprience at a reasonable price. I would have loved photos of the finish product which is why there were only 4 stars.

This is a colorful look at some "down home" cooking, using local ingredients and recipes. Not a choice if you are watching cholesterol, and fat content. As interesting as a read as a cookbook

Mama Dip is a legend in NC. Her recipes are wonderful. This was a gift for my brother-in-law in who lives in the Pacific Northwest, but loves Southern cooking. His family will certainly benefit from some TRUE Southern recipes from a TRUE Southern cook.

Mama Dip's recipes have been published in Southern Living many times...just good old-fashioned southern recipes that are easy to cook.

Why would a Wonderful Lady like Dip be forced to write another cookbook?
Her first book was a great culinary hit, at last count I had bought 14 as gifts. This cookbook just flew off the bookstore shelves! Then probably forced by a publisher to push for another seller, Dip wrote her Family Cookbook. It was a huge disappointment, giving readers recipes that could be found anywhere in the USA, and not her beloved North Carolina. Really do we need another fruited jello for desert? No thanks, Mama, I'm full!