Talk Turkey to Me: A Good Time in the Kitchen Talking Turkey and All the Trimmings [Paperback]

Renee S. Ferguson (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 15, 2006

AS SEEN ON FOOD NETWORK! Find out why it's like having Mom in the kitchen with you only better! Not just a roast turkey how-to, but the most complete cooking digest and your kitchen companion for planning the perfect feast plus...your guide to avoiding culinary catastrophes! Featuring everything from sage advice and humor, to serious-yet-easy instructions and reference charts, TALK TURKEY TO ME illustrates over 80 delicious side dish recipes from appetizers to desserts, fowl kitchen follies and formulas for success. With mouth watering color photography and elequent counsel, TALK TURKEY TO ME is seasoned with great ways to cook up a good time in the kitchen. Become your own expert and order your copy today!

Editorial Reviews

Review

...well written and easy to follow the results are delicious...a highly recommended specialty cookbook! It takes the pressure off how to prepare a holiday meal. --Harold McFarland/Midwest Book Review

It's all about an all-American meal -turkey and dressing - and the queen of all things Thanksgiving is cookbook author Renee Ferguson. --Chef Bobby Flay/FOOD NETWORK

A cookbook of style and substance about preparing America's favorite Thanksgiving entree. TALK TURKEY TO ME will bring smiles to experienced cooks and will help the novice avoid cooking mistakes. A helpful and amusing book for cooks and food writers. --Sherrie Rosenblatt, Senior Director of Marketing, National Turkey Federation.NTF

About the Author

Cookbook author, guest speaker and former Butterball expert Renee Ferguson appreciates great food and good times shared with friends and family and knows how to keep stress to a minimum!. She has appeared on the Food Network in a THROWDOWN with Chef Bobby Flay, Southern Living and Southern Lady magazines, appeared on TV and radio including Oprah and Friends Thanksgiving Day Special , QVC, NBC, ABC, CBS, Fox, NPR, WGN, and has fielded thousands of questions from stressed out everyday people determined to learn the tips and tricks needed to celebrate the Holiday seasons with confidence.

Product Details

• Paperback: 192 pages
• Publisher: Wishbone Press and Promotions, Inc.; 2nd edition (July 15, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0977732134
• ISBN-13: 978-0977732135
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 7.5 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,097,149 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Cookbook author, guest speaker and former Butterball cooking expert Renee Ferguson appreciates great food and good times shared with friends and family and knows how to keep stress to a minimum!. She has appeared on the Food Network in a "Throwdown!" with Chef Bobby Flay, Southern Living and Southern Lady magazines, appeared on radio and TV spots including "Oprah and Friends Thanksgiving Day Special", QVC, NBC, ABC, CBS, Fox, NPR, WGN, demonstrated practical and successful cooking techniques and recipes before The Great American Cooking Expo audiences and has fielded thousands of questions from stressed out everyday people determined to learn the tips and tricks needed to celebrate the Holiday seasons with pizzazz.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Feather your nest with Talk Turkey To Me - it's a winner!, July 24, 2006

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Mary Heath (Holliston, MA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Talk Turkey to Me: A Good Time in the Kitchen Talking Turkey and All the Trimmings (Paperback)

An insider from Butterball's Turkey Hotline delivers a cookbook that will have you laughing at the dumb questions they get, and learning from the witty and practical answers that she gives. You get great recipes for all the trimmings, complete with lots of make-ahead timesavers. Try the To-Die-For Cheese Biscuits, freeze-head dough for rolls, or the no-roll pumpkin pie crust.

Hate directions that say "refrigerate until thawed"? Easy-to-use charts tell you exactly how long to thaw it, or even how to cook it frozen. Stuffed or unstuffed, grilled, rotisseried or deep-fried, it takes seconds to see timing per pound. Is brining good? (Not necessarily) Is basting better? (No, it just takes longer!) Stop stressing out when you cook, have a laugh, and buy this book! (And by the way,it makes a great hostess gift, too.)

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Very good read, July 28, 2006

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The Late Greats (Chicago) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Talk Turkey to Me: A Good Time in the Kitchen Talking Turkey and All the Trimmings (Paperback)

This is what a cooking book should be like. It is filled with humor! This should be given out to everyone before Thanksgiving! The author knows her stuff, and stuffing! In all seriousness, you should check it out. I am going to buy a copy for my mother who loves her Thanksgiving meal.
Part cookbook, part disaster stories that will have you rolling and rolling your eyes (people are really pretty crazy, this book proves it).
Highly recommended!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Turkey and a blast from the past, November 5, 2007

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Nanny Lou (Chicago) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Talk Turkey to Me: A Good Time in the Kitchen Talking Turkey and All the Trimmings (Paperback)

Renee's book is so user-friendly and such a fun read you almost forget it is primarily a cook book. Then you get to those recipes, which had me remembering helping my mom in the kitchen oh so many years ago. And isn't that what Thanksgiving is all about anyway? Renee takes those classic, traditional foods and gives them an updated twist to appeal to today's taste buds.

I've been reading the front section voraciously with Thanksgiving impending, but see that I will pull it out year round to create easy retro dishes. A winner!