The Tammy Wynette Southern Cookbook (Hardcover)

by Tammy Wynette (Author) "Thank you for buying my first-ever cookbook..." (more)
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Product Description
Tammy Wynette, the "First Lady of Country Music," collected some 279 recipes for her favorite down-home foods including such flavorful dishes as Mississippi-Style Stuffed Bell Pepper, Cornmeal-Fried Potatoes, Pineapple-Banana Pudding, and Sour Cream Pound Cake.

Tammy chose a unique selection of Southern dishes sure to please hearty appetites everywhere. Even more enticing than the dishes are the personal anecdotes and history revealed with many of the recipes. She loved the simple goodness of home cooking, and once declared that her favorite food was a hot dog—she would have chosen that over a steak any day!

Winner of two Grammy Awards and very popular musician, Tammy Wynette never lost touch with her roots. Growing up on a farm in Mississippi, she developed a natural love for fresh vegetables, savory meats, and homemade breads. To stay out of the cotton fields, she learned to cook as a child, and her fondest memories were of her mother and grandmother in the kitchen with the smell of fried apple pie wafting through the house.

Fans of country music and country cooking alike will love "The Tammy Wynette Southern Cookbook," a lasting memory of the beloved singer.

About the Author
Tammy Wynette grew up on a sharecropper farm in Itawamba County, Mississippi. When she was born, her family had no running water, no indoor plumbing, and no stove. They would have to cook over an open fire and hand-carry water drawn from a nearby spring.

From these humble beginnings, Wynette was considered the undisputed First Lady of Country Music. Winner of two Grammy Awards and three-time winner of the Country Music Association’s Female Vocalist of the Year Award, Mrs. Wynette performed on every continent, in hundreds of cities, and in almost every state in the U.S. However, she never lost touch with her roots.

On her home farm in Mississippi, she developed a natural love for fresh vegetables, savory meats, and homemade breads. To stay out of the cotton fields, she learned to cook as a child, and her fondest memories were of her mother and grandmother in the kitchen, with the smell of fried apple pie wafting through the house.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 224 pages
• Publisher: Pelican Publishing Company (July 1990)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0882897349
• ISBN-13: 978-0882897349
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 6.2 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #801,961 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Love Tammy's Cooking, May 25, 2000

By	"wdawnblue" (united States) - See all my reviews

I Just love Tammy Wynette. She was a true southern lady. This is the second purchase for this cookbook, I loaned mine out and she refused to give it back because the recipes were out of this world. I just can't live without it. Once I have put together one of the recipes in her book, people always ask for the recipe or ask for me to make it again. Tammy believed in southern cooking, and she believed as well as I do, the way to a man's heart is through his stomach. How true that is, my husband loves my cooking when Tammy's in the kitchen with me. I reccomend this book highly it is money well spent.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Finally old southern recipes that are really from the south., August 16, 2007

By	Tammy Holmes (Jacksonville, FL) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This book is not for the calorie conscious person, it is a true southern cookbook. If you are an adult raised in the south and failed to get grandma's old recipes, Tammy more than likely has it in here. Very good book.

2 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars VERY GOOD!, January 15, 2006

By	Carolyn Rogers - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I like many of her recipes, havent tried many of them yet.But from their ingredients, I know I will.