Southern Living 1,001 Ways to Cook Southern: The Ultimate Treasury of Southern Classics [Hardcover]

Editors of Southern Living Magazine (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 5, 2010

From the experts at Southern Living comes the most comprehensive guide to Southern cooking ever published-the essential source to experience, prepare, and savor the New South cuisine as well as the region's beloved classics.

This treasury of Southern cooking showcases recipes with entertaining commentary spotlighting the colorful cultural influences, Southernisms, fiery food debates, and the lighthearted side of Southern cooking.

You'll also find helpful tips, menus for strictly Southern occasions, quick inspirations, and Taste of the South features highlighting just what gives a recipe its Southern accent. Discover what the Food staff considers to be their quintessential Southern ingredients, techniques, and equipment.

Browse through these pages and find:

• Over 1,000 tried-and-true favorite Southern recipes
• More than 150 full-color mouthwatering images
• Valuable cooking pointers throughout that make preparing Southern classics and updated favorites foolproof
• Recipe banners to help quickly identify types of recipes like family favorite, make ahead, for kids, and more
• Food Finds featuring some of the finest eateries the South has to offer, all of them recognized by the magazine's Food and Travel editors

Editorial Reviews

About the Author

Southern Living, launched in 1966, is the heart of Southern life. Over 16 million people turn to the magazine each month for definitive Southern recipes, travel tips, gardening guides, and home decorating inspiration.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 928 pages
• Publisher: Oxmoor House (October 5, 2010)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0848733118
• ISBN-13: 978-0848733117
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 2.5 x 9.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.8 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (21 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #115,478 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

41 of 41 people found the following review helpful

3.0 out of 5 stars Check It Out Before Buying November 13, 2010

By B. Farquhar

Format:Hardcover

This is a beautiful cookbook, no doubt. It's also a delight to thumb through for Southern feel-good vibes. I mean, who else but Southern Living could get away with 8 cornbread recipes, more than 8 pimiento cheese recipes, multiple fried catfish recipes, myriad grits recipes, and listing equipment requirements that include a Mason jar and cast iron skillet?!

My biggest complaint with this book is that so many of the baking recipes include mixes in their ingredient list. If I want a cookbook version of cinnamon streusel muffins, I don't want one of the three ingredients listed to be....cinnamon streusel muffin mix. I didn't see a single biscuit recipe that didn't use self-rising flour and most cornbread recipes use a cornmeal mix. My Ultimate Southern Living cookbook which I love has at least a baking powder biscuit recipe that is not dependent on self-rising flour.

That being said, there are hundreds of truly mouth-watering recipes in this book. I think it might depend on what your other cookbook options are as to whether this book is a "must have." Peruse it in a bookstore or check it out from a library; then buy it here because Amazon's price is the best!

13 of 13 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Away down South in Dixie November 17, 2010

By wogan TOP 50 REVIEWER

Format:Hardcover

Southern Living has gathered together recipes for the true modern southern cook. They seem to be a combination between modern simple cooking and the old time from scratch; for example in the cake section 10 recipes use mixes and 26 use from `scratch'.
There are many forms of cornbread and cheese sauces and po'boys; so if you really want to investigate some different forms of southern cooking you would enjoy this book

There are descriptions of what southern cooks must have; such as a cast iron skillet and how to season it, mason jars and recipes to use with them and thoughts on cornbread. Techniques are shown for various methods such as; making biscuits and crepes. Pages of discussions by the editors of Southern Living are inserted on how to fry anything or making iced tea and then there are some pages with descriptions of southern chefs and their restaurants. There are a few picture sections of the recipes, but most do not have a picture. There are a handful of suggestions for menus for dinners or parties.
One of the best inclusions is Faidley's recipe for crab cakes, one of the top winners in most crab cake tastings.
The 1001 recipes included are: appetizers and beverages, breads, breakfast and brunch, cakes, cookies and candies, desserts, fish and shellfish, grilling and barbeque, meats, pasta, grains and rice, pies and pastries, poultry, salads, sandwiches sauces, condiments, side dishes, soups and stews.

This would be a great cookbook for collectors and those who admire the recipes in Southern Living and just those who would like to experiment with some traditional southern dishes, including many variations - after all, any area of the south just knows they have the best recipe.
Try them they are not that hard and will add variety for those who do not `cook southern'.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful

3.0 out of 5 stars 11 Ways to Cook Catfish, 100's of Not-From-Scratch recipes April 4, 2011

By S. Siepel VINE™ VOICE

Format:Hardcover

What I liked;
1. I counted at least 11 catfish recipes. Can't get more Southern than that.
2. Includes the secret to good Gumbo.
3. A whole page devoted to making the perfect mint julep.
4. Six pages committed to the making of grits.

What I disliked (really disliked):

A number of recipes included pre-packaged mixes. Let me give you some examples:

The recipe for Easy Three-Seed Pan Rolls calls for frozen bread rolls, egg whites, and seeds.

The recipe for Chocolate Angel Food Cakes calls for angel food cake mix, cocoa, and sugar.

I do not consider these to be recipes, anymore than adding Nestle Quick to milk and sticking it in the microwave is the recipe for Great Hot Cocoa.

If you want a fabulous Southern Living Cookbook I would strongly suggest purchasing The All New Ultimate Southern Living Cookbook: Over 1,250 of Our Best Recipes (Southern Living (Hardcover Oxmoor)).