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Title: The Lady & Sons, Too! : A Whole New Batch of Recipes from Savannah by Paula H. Deen ISBN: 0-375-75836-4 Publisher: Random House Trade Paperbacks Pub. Date: 18 September, 2001 Format: Plastic Comb Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.2 (5 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Good Source of Simple Recipes for the Rest of Us
Comment: This is Paula Deen's second cookbook. It predates her regular Food Network series and may predate her first appearance on any Food Network shows. Unless you look carefully to notice the imprimatur of the giant publisher Random House, you may take this for a local, self-published cookbook done by a church or women's social group to raise money, because that is exactly how the recipes come across. They represent your basic southern meat and potatoes and grits and collard greens menu and succeed very well in filling that niche.
That is almost exactly the same opening paragraph I used for Paula's first book. It is as true of the second book as it was of the first, even down to the plastic amateur binding which makes the Random House imprimatur so surprising.
One of the few differences between the first and the second books is that the second adds more details to how Paula and her sons came to establish their restaurant. Another difference is that only a very few of the recipes are cited as dishes served at Paula's restaurant. A third difference is that Paula strays a bit outside the standard Southern culinary canon. Some distinctly French and Italian standards such as steak au pauvre and pasta Puttanesca sauce have found their way into the book. My humble opinion on the Italian dishes is that a few important details of the proper techniques are missing, but your result from following these recipes will be quite acceptable.
Like the first volume, almost all of the recipes call for a reasonable number of easily obtained ingredients and require a relatively few steps. Many recipes call for prepared or processed ingredients such as canned soups, packaged rice dishes, and Velveeta.
Like the first book, I would open this volume if I wanted to find something to make for a person whose fussy zone excludes things like curry, lemon grass, hosin sauce, wines, and leeks. This would be a fallback source if I wanted something to fit a Pennsylvania Dutch palate, but the Pennsylvania Dutch cookbooks on my shelf fail to inspire.
I would not go to Paula's books for baked goods. I am certain her recipes work. I have tried several and find them too long on butter and eggs and too short on fruit. If you, dear reader are an inexperienced cook, I would put this book to the side and start with a cookbook specifically written to teach techniques such as Madeline Kamman's 'The New Making of a Chef'.
If you like basic American Cooking done with the cachet of a Food Network celebrity chef, this is an excellent source at a very reasonable price. Many of the recipes have been featured on Paula's Food Network show, so this book gains value if you are fond of following her show. I would also agree with other reviewers that her first book is preferable to the second, but the second is worthy of her style.
Rating: 3
Summary: Borrow from the library before buying...
Comment: I am a huge Paula Deen fan but was not overly impressed with this one---it was almost as if she had to "come up" with some recipes to put in this book. Some of the recipes are odd and have ingredients that I typically do not have on hand. Try her other cookbooks first. I highly recommend "Lady and Sons---Just Desserts" but not this one.
Rating: 5
Summary: the lady & sons, too
Comment: looking through this book, it was not if I was going to use a receipe but where to start. It's going to make the holiday cooking (both when my kids and their families come home and also drop in company) a lot eaier. If you only want just one cookbook - get this one!!!
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Title: The Lady & Sons Just Desserts : More than 120 Sweet Temptations from Savannah's Favorite Restaurant by Paula H. Deen ISBN: 0743224841 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Pub. Date: 07 May, 2002 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: Mama Dip's Kitchen by Mildred Council ISBN: 0807847909 Publisher: Univ of North Carolina Pr Pub. Date: October, 1999 List Price(USD): $14.35 |
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Title: 30-Minute Meals 2 by Rachael Ray ISBN: 1891105108 Publisher: Lake Isle Pr Pub. Date: June, 2003 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: Barefoot Contessa Family Style: Easy Ideas and Recipes That Make Everyone Feel Like Family by Ina Garten ISBN: 060961066X Publisher: Clarkson Potter Pub. Date: 29 October, 2002 List Price(USD): $35.00 |
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Title: Comfort Foods by Rachael Ray ISBN: 1891105051 Publisher: Lake Isle Pr Pub. Date: 01 January, 2001 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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