Product Description

In this much-anticipated follow-up to her bestselling Mama Dip's Kitchen, Mildred "Mama Dip" Council serves up an abundance of new recipes for home-style Southern cooking that is sure to please. From catfish gumbo to breakfast pizza and peach upside-down cake, Mama Dip's Family Cookbook offers recipes for more than three hundred dishes, including many Council family favorites. Also featured are party and celebration foods for family and community gatherings--a reflection of Council's belief that friends and family are essential to a rewarding life. To help novice cooks, Council includes basic information about staple ingredients, kitchen utensils, and important measurements, as well as diagrams for setting up a buffet.

In a charming introductory essay, Council intertwines food-related reminiscences of her rural North Carolina upbringing with a wry recounting of her experiences since the remarkable success of her first book. With this book she passes along to new generations the practical advice and wisdom that have made her a treasure to her family and her community.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #63349 in Books
• Published on: 2005-10-17
• Released on: 2009-02-26
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 280 pages

Review
"Council is old school South, the way your grandma used to cook. . . . She calls it 'country cooking.'" -- Raleigh News & Observer, October 19, 2005

"The recipes in Council's book . . . make [one] want to go straight to the kitchen and start cooking. -- Wilson Daily Times, October 12, 2005

"[Mama Dip's] recipes deserve to be cooked and enjoyed in all their glory." -- Appetite for Books, Fall 2005

A Library Journal Editors' Pick for Fall 2005 "[Council] continues to showcase her downhome recipes." -- Library Journal, September 1, 2005

Review
"Celebrating the importance of family and community, Mama Dip's Family Cookbook puts the spirit of the holidays into words and on the table."
— Chapel Hill Magazine

"[A] charming Tar Heel treasure."
— Our State

From the Inside Flap
This sequel to Mildred "Mama Dip" Council's bestselling first book emphasizes the importance of family and community. Among the more than 300 recipes are recipes and tips that are specially suited for parties, reunions, and other large gatherings. Her introduction combines food-related reminiscences of her rural North Carolina life with a wry recounting of her experiences since the huge success of her first cookbook. Aiming to help novice cooks learn the joys of feeding family and friends, Council includes basic information about staple ingredients, utensils, and measurements.

Customer Reviews

A superb cookbook for creating meals and festive trays with down-home Southern flavor
A follow-up to the popular "Mama Dip's Family Kitchen," Mama Dip's Family Cookbook is a treasury of more than three hundred recipes for savory, homestyle Southern cooking, from traditional meals to festive party foods and dishes ideal for community gatherings. An introductory essay by author Mildred "Mama Dip" Council, winner of the 2004 North Carolina Restaurant Association Neighbor Award for her role in Chapel Hill's annual community dinner, offers memories of her early life and her experiences as her exceptional cooking style became increasingly well-known and appreciated. Taste-tested dishes such as Spoon Bread, Chicken Noodle Pie, Apple-Nut Squares, Candied Carrots are presented with easy-to- follow instructions. Mama Dip's Family Cookbook is a superb cookbook for creating meals and festive trays with down-home Southern flavor.

mama dip's second amazing cookbook
this second cookbook is just as wonderful as the first. i am a fan and even had the opportunity to eat in her wonderful restaurant and meet this gifted cook. the recipes are simple and delicious. my entire family loves each one (my kids are 9 and 5, so that really says something). i believe this one will become as stained and dog-eared as the first. enjoy!

"EXCELLENT"
Excellent as every recipe mama dip has provided for us. love her cookbooks and her recipes.