Product Description

This how-to manual explains the fundamentals of southern cooking and includes advice about kitchen equipment and choosing fresh produce, plus over 200 of the South's most treasured recipes. Especially nice for new cooks.

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Product Details

Publisher	Quail Ridge Press
ISBN	1893062708
Format	Plastic Comb
Author	Courtney Taylor
EAN	9781893062702
Label	Quail Ridge Press
Dewey Decimal Number	641
Studio	Quail Ridge Press
Number Of Pages	288
Title	The Southern Cook's Handbook: A Step-by-Step Guide to Old-Fashioned Southern Cooking
Publication Date	2004-10-15
Manufacturer	Quail Ridge Press

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Customer Reviews

THE best Southern cookbook!

Review by E. Schultz, 2010-01-02

I have a large collection of cookbooks (over 200). I have at least twenty Southern and soul food cookbooks. This cookbook is my go-to cookbook for Southern country cooking. I live in the Deep South, and was raised here by transplanted "northerners" and was never taught how to cook Southern food. This cookbook is SO descriptive in the recipes and tells you what you will see as you are cooking them. I am not a vegetable eater, but my husband is and I made perfect pole beans having never tasted or cooked them before! I love, love, love this cookbook. It doesn't have any pictures inside or pictures of old biddies on the cover, but the recipes are dead on!

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Wonderful Book!

Review by Anne E. Babski, 2009-12-31

I made the Red Velvet Cake for Christmas and my in-laws were so thrilled. It was the best I have ever eaten. Also we made the Hand-Tossed Buttermilk Biscuits and they were so fun and easy to make and delicious! This book is excellent and well worth the money for those that love Southern food.

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Not disappointed with this one!

Review by Petunia, 2008-02-25

Recently received my copy of the Southern Cook's Handbook, and I am delighted to recommend it to anyone interested in Southern home cooking. Not only excellent recipes, but a step-by-step guide to the methods of southern cooking as well. I have quite a collection of cookbooks, but I can see that I will be referring to this one quite frequently. Even after 40 years of marriage, I have gained new ideas after reading this book. Last night I made the creamy chicken salad, and we loved it! I will definitely be ordering more to give as wedding presents!

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Follow the methods and you can't fail

Review by Stuart Miller, 2007-09-20

A must have cookbook for anyone who's interested in learning to cook Southern food. The methods section of this book takes you step-by-step though making the all the staples, such as cornbread, gravies, biscuits, etc. and you'll find recipes for many of the favorite Southern dishes.

I've tried a lot of the recipes in this book and they have all worked out great.

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Every female in your family needs this one!

Review by Salt, 2006-07-30

Southerners pour so much heart and soul into their food that sometimes they forget to measure. They are notorious for attempting to teach their offspring recipes while using vague terms like, a pinch of this, or a dab of that, or "til the dough feels right"(Thanks Mama!). Sometimes passed down recipes list ingredients without telling us exactly how to prepare the dish or maybe the author really didn't want everyone knowing their "secret". Courtney Taylor's The Southern Cook's Handbook: A Step-by-Step Guide to Old-Fashioned Southern Cooking clears up these fuzzy areas for you. Not only will you have some scrumptious tried and true recipes, you will also learn some basic old fashioned skills that will help you apply today's tools and methods to all of your old recipes.

If you haven't prepared this type of food in a long time and you need to brush up on your skills, this book is for you. If you have never made a biscuit from scratch but would like to know how, this book is for you too. This is a must have cookbook for anyone who loves southern cuisine.

I highly suggest that Courtney Taylor's The Southern Cook's Handbook: A Step-by-Step Guide to Old-Fashioned Southern Cooking be added to your shelf. Do your female family members a favor and order them copies as well. They will need it to translate your secretly coded index cards that make sense to you, but not to them.

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