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The Lady & Sons Savannah Country Cookbook by Paula H. Deen (1998)

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Synopsis
Recipes from a Savannah restaurant called The Lady & Sons include Gooey Butter Cake, Georgia Cracker Salad, Southern Fried Chicken, and many more.

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Publication Date:	1998-05-01

Size
Length:	172 pages
Height:	9.0 in
Width:	6.0 in
Thickness:	0.5 in
Weight:	11.2 oz

Publisher's Note
From one of the most frequently visited restaurants in Savannah, The Lady & Sons, comes this collection of down-home Southern family favorites.

Industry Reviews
Savannah's popularity as a tourist destination has increased dramatically in the months that John Berendt's Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil has been on the New York Times best sellers list, and in his introduction to this cookbook, Berendt says Deen's restaurant is one he recommends to visitors as exemplifying "the very heart of Southern cooking." Deen (the Lady) says Southern cooking is "comfort food," and she and her two sons serve homey, completely unpretentious food at their popular downtown restaurant. Many of the recipes she includes here rely on convenience foods (canned soup, Cheese Whiz) and some have been perennial favorites in "community" cookbooks since the Fifties or Sixties. Area libraries will want copies; most others can skip.
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In his enthusiastic introduction, John Berendt, author of Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil, writes: "Authentic Southern food is not about pretension." Sure enough, this book by the proprietor of The Lady & Sons restaurant in Savannah, Ga., doesn't put on any airs. A great many recipes unabashedly list prepared foods among the ingredients. As an appetizer, Garlic Cheese Spread includes an eight-ounce package of cream cheese and an eight-ounce jar of Cheez-Whiz. Shrimp or Lobster Bisque contains, in addition to seafood, a can each of condensed tomato soup and condensed mushroom soup. The restaurant's most popular dessert is Gooey Butter Cakes, which starts with a box of Duncan Hines yellow cake mix. Still, some of the recipes attain a high level of regional authenticity: Georgia Cracker Salad is made with crushed saltines, tomato, scallions, hard-boiled egg and mayonnaise; Southern Fried Chicken acquires its crispy coating with a batter of eggs and self-rising flour. Readers concerned about high fat content should skip this book. But those looking for some distinctively American comfort food and in a mood for some decidedly anti-nouvelle regression might want to take a peek. (May)
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This Gal Knows FUN!

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I have all of Paula's cookbooks, but not just because I think the recipes are better than others I have....the real reason is the Lady herself! Each recipe screams Paula.....and you can visualize her pretty face and her very bubbly personality jump out at you with each butter or mayonnaise laden recipe or especially the Gooey Butter Cake with variations. Most recipes are, in fact, very good, but not intended for those on a diet! And in the earlier books you get to look at her gorgeous sons beside her.......who's complaining?

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savannah country cookbook

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wanted to see what the south had different from the north
looks like it easy to read and follow but my wife stole the cookbook looks like i should have bought 2

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The Lady & Sons Savannah Country Cookbook

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Southern cooking at it's best. Every recipe I have tried in this book is a keeper. I like the book because most of the recipes are simple and use common ingredients that you usually have on hand. I would highly recommend this cook book to anyone who likes good down home cooking.

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Great cook book

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I love this cook book. I have used several recipes out of it already and they have all been a big hit with my family. Aside from having fabulous recipes, they are very simple to make. I hight recommend this book to anyone that likes country cooking.

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The Lady's Cookbook

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This cookbook is a very good one. I had always wanted to buy one by Paula Deen as I love the recipes she prepares on her show. When I saw this on Ebay, I decided to bid on it. It's a great book, recipes are organized well, and very easy to follow.

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