Product Description

This annual best-selling collection serves it up nice and tasty —Southern style, of course. It compiles every kitchen-tested recipe, nearly 1,000 in all, from a whole year’s worth of Southern Living magazine into one heaven-sent volume. For family-friendly meals during the week, fabulous entertaining on the weekend, and everything in between, there’s something special about Southern cooking—and you don’t have to live in the South to love it!

Features:

* Nearly 1,000 time-honored, kitchen-tested recipes from all 12 months of Southern Living magazine

* Packed with timesaving tips and savory secrets from the experts

* Step-by-step directions, easy-to-find ingredients & substitution ideas

* Well-organized with photography and four convenient indexes

* Bonus section with even more kitchen-tested favorites

* Features the 2005 Southern Living Cook-Off Winners!

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #362897 in Books
• Published on: 2005-10-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 368 pages

Customer Reviews

Nine hundred carefully tested, mouth-watering recipes in one compact volume.
Compiling all 900 of the recipes from its monthly magazine from 2005 into one volume, Southern Living features seasonal and traditional southern recipes which will appeal to food lovers from around the country. Collard greens, black-eyed peas, hush puppies, and hoppin' john share space with other southern specialties like Chocolate Red Velvet Cake (made with two bottles of red food coloring), congealed salads, a variety of biscuits, and some of the best pies and cakes imaginable. The editors also feature Tex-Mex, Italian, Greek, and Cajun cooking, however, along with a variety of menus for the barbecue, grill, and smoker, broadening the scope (and audience) for their well-tested recipes, which are often accompanied by gorgeous photographs.

The recipes run the gamut from family favorites to "fast fixin's," make ahead meals, freezable desserts and entrees, and "light and healthy" fare, though this latter feature is small compared to the number of luscious, full-fat recipes. Nutritional information is provided for only a handful of recipes--the "light and healthy" ones--so those on lowfat diets will have to read carefully to figure out for themselves what the saturated fat content is for the other recipes and/or what substitutions can be made.

Full menus for holidays, company dinners, picnics, barbecues, and brunches take the guesswork out of planning for big events, providing the busy host or hostess with reliable and tasty main courses, salads, appetizers, and desserts. Indexed by recipe titles, month-by-month specialties, ingredients, and topics (beverages, breads, salads, etc.), the book also has bonus sections of the 2005 Cook-Off Winners and Editors' Favorites, along with highlighted helpful hints and cook's notes regarding procedures.

Interesting, and sometimes surprising, combinations appear. Spinach and Strawberry Salad, Reuben Quesadillas, Florentine Stuffed Onions, Mexican Minestrone, Peppered Beef Tenderloin with Portabello-Marsala Sauce, Watermelon-Feta Salad, and gooey Caramel Apple Muffins (my favorite) are only a few of the creative and delicious recipe variations in this comprehensive cookbook. Clearly written and user-friendly enough for the beginner, this book also offers plenty of elegant and inspired company fare, guaranteed to make your next dinner party a Big Event. n Mary Whipple

Cookbook Lover
The recipies in these Southern Living cookbooks are pretty good for the most part, but the organization is a disaster. No sections for types of recipies, such as cakes, vegetables, meat, they just put it all together in "menus" which you then have to read through to find anything. Too much work, its almost an accident when I actually find what I'm looking for. I'm glad I bought them used so that the price was about right for what they are.

A great Value for the money.
Where else can you find so many recipes all carefully tested in the Southern Living Test Kitchens in Birmingham? This annual volume collects the best recipes from a year's worth of magazines. It's a great collection in a kitchen-friendly format. Of course we especially liked the Thanksgiving recipes excerpted from our own book, "Three Guys From Miami Cook Cuban."

Southern American regional cooking at its best and a nice gift for anyone who loves great food...