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| Ham Biscuits, Hostess Gowns, and Other Southern Specialties: An Entertaining Life (with Recipes) | 
 enlarge | Author: Julia Reed
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Category: Book
List Price: $23.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  4 reviews
Sales Rank: 9025
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 272
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.9
Dimensions (in): 8.3 x 5.8 x 1
ISBN: 031235956X
Dewey Decimal Number: 641.5975
EAN: 9780312359560
ASIN: 031235956X
Publication Date: July 8, 2008
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I loved this book and was sad when I finished it! August 18, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is a really gorgeous book. Julia has written a beautiful food memoir filled with delightful anecdotes about her family and the things they liked to cook and eat. Anyone who loves food and cooking will adore it. You'll probably want to be her friend too because she is surrounded by funny and generous cooks! I'm in Australia and a lot of the Southern food is very removed from what I'd cook or eat (all that gelatine!!) but it's fab all the same.
A Taste of the South August 12, 2008
Julia Reed's breezy writing style and obvious love for her subject matter take this collection of essays and recipes from just interesting to fascinating. I love this book and am systematically working my way through the recipes as well. I am not from the south,but her first collection of essays gave me a much better understanding of this region, and this one increased my interest. This is a great essay collection from a great writer.
Tasty Tidbits July 17, 2008
8 out of 8 found this review helpful
Greenville, Mississippi, native and former Manhattanite Julia Reed (now of New Orleans) compiled a collection of essays on Southern food and hospitality that are as amusing as they are informative. Recipes of classic Southern dishes supplement the book. Unfortunately there is no index. And sadly there are no illustrations or photographs. But the author manages to successfully describe colorful scenes with mouth-watering results. This book would be appreciated by fine Southern cooks and a great gift for those who aspire to be.
LOVE this book!!! July 14, 2008
10 out of 10 found this review helpful
Ham Biscuits, Hostess Gowns, and Other Southern Specialties: An Entertaining Life (with Recipes)
What a charming, lovely, and fun book! I received it yesterday, and devoured 100 pages the first night! The author has a wonderfully descripitive, humorous voice. The book is made up of short essays that include eveything from personal backround, to culinary history, to cocktail party how-to's, to lively charatcter descriptions. Each essay is then followed by a few delightful, often historical, recipes. I wish I could meet some of the eccentric characters from the author's childhood...hostess gowns, toast points, and fancy cigarette holders! This true-blue Bostonian highly recommends this charming book! Love it!!!
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