Uncle Bubba's Savannah Seafood: More than 100 Down-Home Southern Recipes for Good Food and Good Times (Hardcover)

~ Earl Hiers; Polly Powers Stramm (Author)

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From Publishers Weekly

The latest salvo from the Paula Deen camp (Bubba is her beloved baby brother) fits comfortably alongside Deen's many cookbooks. Sharing much in common with his sister (namely, a fondness for cream cheese, butter and mayonnaise), Hiers offers a number of dishes featured at his coastal Georgia restaurant, Uncle Bubba's Oyster House. Simple, tasty southern classics like Cornbread, Fried Chicken and Pecan Pie abound, but it's the seafood that takes center stage, ranging from Gumbo, Crab Stew and BBQ Shrimp to Seafood Nachos and Baked Oysters with Crab. Virtually all the recipes are straightforward and call for seafood that can be easily sourced even for cooks who don't live near the coast. Rounding out the collection are the usual sides (red beans and rice, cole slaw) as well as interesting variations like Vidalia Onion and Lump Blue Crab Salad. A solid collection of desserts suits every skill level-beginners will do just fine with any of Hier's three pound cakes, while more advanced bakers will want to try his Lemon Cheese Cake, really a traditional layer cake with lemon curd, seven minute frosting and, oddly enough, not a dab of cream cheese.
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From Booklist

Followers of Paula Deen's irrepressible exploits on cable television's Food Network know that she has a baby brother who is similarly in the Savannah restaurant business. He runs his own eatery, a seafood house. Like his big sister's cuisine, Uncle Bubba's cooking appeals to tourists and natives alike, and it is made reproducible in the home because he does not rely exclusively on Savannah products. These recipes emphasize seafood, befitting the city's coastal location, and crab and shrimp recipes appeal broadly. He is never loath to call for a can of mushroom soup or a packet of dehydrated soup mix. Both of these appear in his instant version of Beef Burgundy along with meat, wine, and mushrooms. Despite its Georgia origins, the peach cake calls for canned peach-pie filling as well as boxed cake mix. On the other hand, Uncle Bubba's beef stew specifies only fresh ingredients. Knoblauch, Mark
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Product Details

• Hardcover: 192 pages
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster (May 15, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0743292839
• ISBN-13: 978-0743292832
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 7.2 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #355,025 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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26 of 28 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Bubba's The Best!, June 12, 2007

By	B. Seidl "GAPeach" (Georgia) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I've been to Uncle Bubba's Restaurant in Savannah several times...I dare say our family likes to food better there then The Lady and Son's! I see a Food Network show in his future. If they were smart they would make a show with Bubba and Paula's husband Michael, because those two together are a hoot! The cookbook is great with lots of wonderful seafood recipe and side dishes...try the cornbread muffins they are out of this world.

12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Better than any other so far!!!!, December 8, 2007

By	Barbara Speir (Jackson, Mississippi) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

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I will have to say this cookbook is much better than any of Paula Deen, or the Deen Brothers books that I have purchased. She helped put this one together with Uncle Bubba, but beats the pants off hers alone. Super recipes and easy to follow, too.

7 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Comfort Food, January 31, 2008

By	R. Frost - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

My wife loves Paula Deen and has all of her recipe books so I thought it only natural to buy Uncle Bubba's book as well. It combines our love of seafood and southern cooking. I would recommend this to anyone who appreciates good old comfort food and enjoys a great meal with friends and family.