Southern Living Annual Recipes [Hardcover]

Oxmoor House (Author)

Book Description

Series: Southern Living Annual Recipes | Publication Date: November 2002

A handy compilation of every single recipe from an entire year of the magazine. All-new recipesalmost 1,000are each tested and made foolproof by the famous Test Kitchens of Southern Living. From down-home dishes to sophisticated fare, these recipes and casual entertaining ideas have a decidedly Southern accent.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 368 pages
• Publisher: Oxmoor House (November 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0848725409
• ISBN-13: 978-0848725402
• Product Dimensions: 11.2 x 8.6 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.5 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #816,040 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best cookbook series ever!, November 13, 2000

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joycelynn (Dallas, TX USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Southern Living Annual Recipes (Hardcover)

This is a great book. Southern Living has kept the cookbook series going with the best recipes ever! Since owning this cookbook series I have virtually gotten rid of all other cookbooks. They have recipes for every occassion and all are failure resistent.

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Southern Like Grandmother Made, June 15, 2005

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John Matlock "Gunny" (Winnemucca, NV) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Southern Living Annual Recipes (Hardcover)

Being Southern born, when I first picked up this book I went looking for things that Grandmother used to cook.

In the first few pages I found "Hot-Water Cornbread." Yup! The recipe was right on. To be sure, Grandmother used yellow cornmeal rather than white, but that's OK. And in the recipe says "stir until the batter is the consistency of grits." -- That's southern.

Speaking of grits, there are six different dishes cooked with grits. I've only cooked four of those so far. (For you yankees, grits is polenta.) One recipe was not so good, it called for quick cooking grits. No self-respecting southerner would use quick grits. Instead get some good stone ground yellow grits. (Google will give you a lot of choices when you search for "stone ground grits." I've not tried them all, but all that I've tried have been good.)

This book is a collection of recipes from Southern Living magazine. They take a pretty wide interpretation of southern including gumbo from Louisiana, some Texas/western dishes, and even some Mexican.

As an annual book, this one contains a selection of recipes that were well received by the readers and by the magazine staff. It's a great book.

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Lavishly Illustrated Inspiration for Every Table, January 14, 2003

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"racantwell" (Eastsound, WA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Southern Living Annual Recipes (Hardcover)

I bought my first Southern Living Annual Recipe Cookbook in 1995 and it was such a stand-out favorite in my collection that I've added several more editions since. These cookbooks consistently offer extensive recipe collections (hundreds) organized by the month they appear in the magazine -- I find this feature expecially helpful in the spring and summer when I am looking for lighter meals to prepare for my family.

Although I have an extensive (fifty plus) collection of cookbooks I find myself reaching for these books first whenever I am looking for inspiration for a special meal or party. The entertaining ideas and tips always offer up something fresh, new and easy to try.

Those of us who live in the colder climes of the north appreciate the soul-soothing traditional foods of our southern sisters. So, if you are looking for a tasty plate of chicken or a hot bowl of spicy gumbo you are sure to find it in these collections. But you will positively find a wide variety of other tastes and cooking needs met here too.

I'm an avid and experienced cook and I really enjoy the clear organization of these books and the individual recipes. Novice cooks will also find the directions consistently clear and easy to use.

I think the best thing about the Southern Living Annual Recipe collections are the illustrations, which are strikingly beautiful photographs that rate right up there with cookbooks in my collection that cost twice as much.