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The Sweet Potato Queens' Big-Ass Cookbook (and Financial Planner)

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This book is impossible. You cannot explain it. You cannot describe it. You cannot put it down. You cannot stop laughing. You cannot not identify with much of it. You cannot stop your friends from wanting your copy. You cannot stop re-reading it. You cannot stop yourself from trying the recipes. Other than the above, my advice is grab one for yourself.

This is another laugh-till-you-cry offering from Jill Conner Browne, the Boss Queen of all Sweet Potato Queens. It was so funny, I read it in one sitting! While not as full of the exploits of the Tammys as the two previous offerings, Jill skillfully links together her uproariously funny prose with actual recipes that she has collected or been given. Topics range from her mother moving in with her (which leads to a need for pie) to the Cutest Boy in the World, whose mother makes the Sweet Potato Stuff. Buy your very own copy because you'll have to read it more than once, and because the Queens are opposed to book-loaning, as it cuts into their plastic surgery fund!

Jill Conner Browne, popular author of "The Sweet Potato Queens' Book Of Love" and "God Save The Sweet Potato Queens," gives equal measures of sassiness and sense to her rollicking reading of her latest royal report.

The author now spends full-time touring and lecturing to her contingents of loyal subjects, and so she should because she is the true voice of the Sweet Potato Queen, whether she is going toe-to-toe with Betty Crocker whom she identifies as responsible for "some of the insane ideas we have struggled with and against for the last 50 years" or urging royalists to combat aging by becoming blond no matter what.

As for Ms. Browne's tips on financial planning - who else would recommend starting a trust fund to cover costs associated with menopause?

Of this audiobook the author said, "Recording this audiobook was a dream come true. I got hours on end dedicated simply to talking about food and telling stories about my best friends. I had to stop recording a few times when the laughing got out of control, and I hope you'll be laughing along in your kitchen or car."

You bet we are!

- Gail Cooke

I first rented the audio version of this book....after listening to it, I had to go out and buy it for my own self! Not only was it funny, it had some kick-ass recipes that I just had to try. After I bought it, I had to buy books for my friends. This is without a doubt, one of the neatest books I've ever had. It is now tattered...cause I really do use it as a cookbook!!! And can read it...like...forever./ Great read...and good recipes!

How can you not love a book that offers financial advice like, "There's a lot to be said for rich old guys with bad hearts and no relatives"? Great recipes and even better anecdotes! Only for those with a sense of humor, though.
Other deliciously funny books: "No One's Even Bleeding" & "Delano"

What a funny book! Sure, a little racy in parts but that's what we expect from our Sweet Potato Queens! Recipes look yummy, and the financial tips are a hoot. Some of the stories have a real heart and "teared me right up". Jill Conner Browne, you are my hero. By the way, want to clone that "Cutest Boy" and send him on up to Cincinnati?

What can I say about this book other then it is the best and you just have to get it! If you are a fan of the first two, you know how much laughter and fun you are in for. If you have not had the luck of reading any of Jill's books, you are in for a wonderful ride. The recipies are fabulicious, try the deep fried pickles!
This is a read it all the way though in one sitting 'cause ya can't put it down, call your girlfiends and tell them to get the book, can't stop laughing to save your life kind of book. You won't be sorry :)

Hey this skinny melinky kid from the Bronx (me) laughed myself silly through 3 or 4 commutes to and from work-- loving this book!

You can BET I'm gonna make (and eat and G-d help whoever tries to take a portion of it from me!) all of those recipes -- especially that Hostess Twinky Pie!

A great book with irreverent wit, humor, great cuss words, sensitivity in the right places and a Boe-Day-Shuss (hey I'm from the Bronx -- we can't spell Southern words) outlook on life and..... foodies!!

Oh my god!!! This book is hillarious with a capital "H". A must read for every woman. Give it to your teenage daughters and save them years of learning about men. I loved it! Buy them all!

Jill Conner Browne's Sweet Potato Queen reigns! In this combo cookbook and financial planner, we're treated to more of her insouciant, sassy fun. Martha Stewart clones need not open this book, as it's filled with buttery, cholesterol cloggin', great-tasting recipes using lots of bacon, boxes of mixes and processed food, like Miracle Whip and jello.

Browne's common sense and hard-won wisdom enliven and inform each chapter, along with the antics of the Tammys and their men and kids. She's the madcap friend we all deserve to have--if there's no one like her in your life, go find a lady of a certain age who's not afraid to give anyone a (sometimes profane but extremely expressive) piece of her mind!