Mrs. Wilkes' Boardinghouse Cookbook: Recipes and Recollections from Her Savannah Table

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Summary: Takes me back
Review: I enjoy the stories interlaced with the recipes in this book. I am looking forward to making pies, macaroni and cheese, and many of the other wonderful recipes in this cookbook. I think new cooks would find the recipes easy to follow, and everyone would find the stories entertaining.

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Summary: Just like mom use to make.
Review: I enjoy the stories interlaced with the recipes in this book. I am looking forward to making pies, macaroni and cheese, and many of the other wonderful recipes in this cookbook. I think new cooks would find the recipes easy to follow, and everyone would find the stories entertaining.

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Summary: Takes me back
Review: I enjoyed many meals at Mrs. Wilkes Boardinghouse during my six year tenure in beautiful Savannah, GA. I can't tell you how the atmosphere and family-style serving add to these wonderful recipes. You wouldn't think they could get any better, but you'd just have to go there and see for yourself! The experience just takes you back to another time. You're seated at large tables with other folks who've waited in line (that wraps around the corner and down the block on most days) right along with you. Then they bring out the food (there's no ordering, everyone gets the same thing) and it's passed family-style around the table. There is nothing like it. I highly recommend a visit to Mrs. Wilkes Boardinghouse which is located on Jones Street (between Bull and Tattnal Streets) in the heart of the historic district.

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Summary: Home style cooking made easier!
Review: I have had the pleasure of eating at Mrs. Wilkes' Boardinghouse several times, but the last time I was in Savannah, the lines were so long waiting to get in, we finally gave up! Years ago, she signed her first cookbook for me, and I have used it many times. I now have this new book, and find the instructions simple and easy to follow. This is the food most people in the South grew up eating, but recipes vary, and sometimes are not passed down to a new generation. I treasure this book, and highly recommend it to new, and also to experienced cooks! Indeed, it is home style cooking made easier! B Jewell

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Summary: Home style cooking made easier!
Review: I have had the pleasure of eating at Mrs. Wilkes' Boardinghouse several times, but the last time I was in Savannah, the lines were so long waiting to get in, we finally gave up! Years ago, she signed her first cookbook for me, and I have used it many times. I now have this new book, and find the instructions simple and easy to follow. This is the food most people in the South grew up eating, but recipes vary, and sometimes are not passed down to a new generation. I treasure this book, and highly recommend it to new, and also to experienced cooks! Indeed, it is home style cooking made easier! B Jewell

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Summary: Raves from Transplanted Magnolia
Review: I have over 100 cookbooks in my collection, so it is rare that I will sit down and read a new one cover-to-cover -- but that's exactly what I did last night with Mrs. Wilkes. Setting aside the recipes for a moment, her description of life in the South in my parents' era is priceless. Now for the food: also priceless! I've been searching for years for my great-aunt's recipe for Coconut Cake -- Mrs. Wilkes has it. My Mother never fixed Creamed Corn from scratch - but Mrs. Wilkes does. All those dishes you remember fondly from family reunions and favorite aunts - they're here! Mrs. Wilkes has them! Hurrah!

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Summary: A Must on Your Savannah Trip
Review: In short - EXCELLENT! This cookbook is only outdown by the real thing. The pictures and stories accompanying the recipes lend to the feeling of being there and experiencing southern cooking with its history. Better than reading the book is visiting Mrs. Wilkes Boarding House. My husband and I just visited Savannah (May 2001), and we ate lunch at Mrs. Wilkes every day. The Pennsylvania Dutch-like atmosphere provided ample oppoturnity to meet people from all over the country - and the world - and see what brought them to Savannah. No eating experience compares to Mrs. Wilkes Boarding House, and I look forward to testing out her receipes, namely, her lima beans, mashed potatoes, biscuits, macaroni and cheese, and fried chicken. I hope you enjoy this book as much as I do.

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Summary: Good Cooking
Review: It doesn't get much easier than this. Simple, honest, good food.

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Summary: Southern Comfort
Review: The narratives of memories from years past are wonderful additions to the recipes in this gem of a cookbook. I particularly appreciated the personal remarks by the Wilkes family about many of the recipes. Having grown up in the south myself, I continue to be amazed at the simplicity of southern cuisine (yes, it's cuisine!) while at the same time being so wonderfully sublime! I've found more recipes I want to try in this book than in any other I've bought in a long, long while.

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Summary: Southern Comfort
Review: The narratives of memories from years past are wonderful additions to the recipes in this gem of a cookbook. I particularly appreciated the personal remarks by the Wilkes family about many of the recipes. Having grown up in the south myself, I continue to be amazed at the simplicity of southern cuisine (yes, it's cuisine!) while at the same time being so wonderfully sublime! I've found more recipes I want to try in this book than in any other I've bought in a long, long while.