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| The Taste of Country Cooking: 30th Anniversary Edition | 
 enlarge | Author: Edna Lewis
Publisher: Knopf
Category: Book
List Price: $23.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  8 reviews
Sales Rank: 102709
Media: Hardcover
Edition: 13 Anv
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 304
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.1
Dimensions (in): 9.3 x 6.9 x 1.5
ISBN: 0307265609
Dewey Decimal Number: 641.5975
EAN: 9780307265609
ASIN: 0307265609
Publication Date: August 1, 2006
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Just Brilliant February 19, 2008
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
After having purchased Miss Edna's book with Scott Peacock, I was sure I needed this one too - I was right! This book is a cookbook as well as a history book and provides great insight into a time forgotten by many. No you can't easily get hog jowls or some of the wild greens but you can take those concepts and apply them to today's ingredients. These recipes take me back to the simple but fabulous meals my grandmothers' and great aunts use to prepare from my childhood. I can still remember those tastes and how important the seasons were - the great expectations that autumn brought with it knowing the relatives would be coming up from 'Carolina' with the sweetest, crispest apples you could imagine or the popcorn made in the open fireplace as a treat while we cracked corn for the animals winter feed. All that and I was a City kid so imagine what it was like when you really lived that way every day. I didn't appreciate those recipes and the art of food preservation until it was too late - both grandmothers were gone but Miss Edna has provided some recipes and insight into those times. Her cookbooks provide a link to my past - a virtual hug and some very tasty comfort food.
If you're from the South,good cooking skills and between 50-60, I suggest you consider this book seriously. You don't want this food heritage to die.
 It's ok. December 15, 2007
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
I love Southern everything. Wanted to cook some authentic dishes, this was ok... I tried a few, then
got bored, not exactly super... not bad, but no stars in my eyes.
Delightful Cookbook for Folks who Love to Eat... March 19, 2007
7 out of 10 found this review helpful
I bought this book as a gift without having seen it first hand.
The response was so exciting that I've given it again and again as well as bought one for myself...
If you are a person who enjoys reading cookbooks as well as trying new recipes and eating the delicious results, this unusually fine book is a triple treat for you & your lucky friends.
Wonderful to read and savor!!! February 24, 2007
5 out of 7 found this review helpful
This book is an eye opener into the life and legacy of Edna Lewis. I tried some of the simple recipes and loved them, this book is like a treasure chest that will fill your home with the most amazing smells. And almost makes you want to move to the south!
Taste of Country Cooking January 8, 2007
6 out of 7 found this review helpful
This book is more than a cookbook. Each section describes the setting, purpose and the details about the ingredients used. It is a history book, too. Even 'tho we have quick and easy ingredients, Edna beleived in doing things from scratch and the fresher the product, the better. Wonderful reading. The Parker House rolls and the Sweet Potatoe Pie are awesome!!!
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