Paula Deen's Southern Cooking Bible: The New Classic Guide To Delicious Dishes With More Than 300 Recipes (2011) - Plot & Excerpts
I originally picked up this book thinking I'd find a perfect fried chicken recipe for my fiance however we both thought the recipe featured for that dish was underwhelming. Overall I found many of the dishes did not seem particularly special or interesting. It is probably a good basic southern cookbook but was not what i was hoping for. The recipes that i was most impressed with where the desserts but otherwise I did not really find anything of interest. I understand the fact that the title's inclusion of the word "Bible" would imply that this is a collection of Paula's recipes, and you're bound to see some stuff you've seen before. I flipped through this book and only saw a handful of recipes that seemed new to me. And most of those didn't seem very impressive. This makes me quite sad, because when Paula was first rising to fame, I adored her. Everything she made sounded delicious. And I liked what her sons were putting out, too. Recently, though, their stuff (books, endorsements, magazines, etc)doesn't seem quite as good. The book is worth perusing, but if you're already familiar with Paula's work, I'd recommend getting it from your local library to see if it's worth the purchase.
What do You think about Paula Deen's Southern Cooking Bible: The New Classic Guide To Delicious Dishes With More Than 300 Recipes (2011)?
Excellent recipe book. Borrowing from the library, but I may have to buy this one!
—carmi
I loved this! Will definitely this one on my Christmas list!
—dkusuma
Great first cook book for those starting out.
—cookiemnster
Great cookbook with a lot of good recipes.
—swanhime
