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Summary: Remembering your "roots" and nourishing your "soul"ÿ
Review: This cookbook is not only a great one to have for the delicious recipes of good, southern home-cooked food, but it is also one that reminds people of their own roots and heritage. Any time a family unites for a meal, there is a great deal more going on than fulfilling that need to kill the hunger. Good food is the only recipe for the soul. Sylvia has included many recipes in this book that my family has enjoyed for many, many years. I may be a bit biased in rating this book because there are some included by my aunt, Neomia Brown, and grandmother, Annie Frazier (who passed a year ago this December). Bless your heart Sylvia and to all of you who enjoy the recipes throughout the book! Thank you Sylvia for reminding us through your own story that good food may not be able to heal a broken heart, but it can at least nourish the soul when families can gather to enjoy it!
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Summary: Single Dad cooks for his Daughter
Review: This is a must. I have been using this book for years and the ultimate taste test is when I fix a meal and my 10 year old daughter asks for seconds. That is what has happen everytime I used this book!!!!!!
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Summary: This is a definite keeper!
Review: This is one of the best soul food cookbooks available! The recipes are very easy, but you can tell that someone took great care in developing them.Everytime I use this cookbook, I am a hit with my family and friends. I highly recommend it!
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Summary: Phenomenal Cookbook ! ! ! ! !
Review: Tired of your friends showing off in the kitchen ? Well, just send off for this phenomenal cookbook that is filled with lots of incredible recipes and plenty of heartfelt stories of love.
I was so captivated after receiving it ,I could not put it down.
All those delicious southern dishes I had tasted at friends tables,I can now have them for my family. Thanks to Sylvia & her Family.
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Summary: If you mess up one of these recipes, you can't cook!!!
Review: Welcome to the world of soul food! The recipes in this book make it easy for anyone to cook the sometimes complicated and time-consuming foods we love! Of course, there are parts that need tweeking to your personal taste (pepper, salt, etc.), but she pretty much covered all the bases. After all there is no such thing as a fool-proof recipe! I strongly recommend the Red Velvet Cake, it's a little advanced if you're not normally a cook, but the compliments are well worth the time and effort!! I am "volunteered" several times a year to make this cake for family and church functions!
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Summary: Sylvia's Love Fest
Review: What a joy to read and to own! This woman's love for her family, for others, and for God shines through every page. That this love is combined with an iron determination and discipline makes a very remarkable person. After reading her book, I'd love to drive to Harlem and meet her! As a white Southerner I am grateful to her for her documentation of our recipes. These were common to both black and white Southern people who farmed and wasted NOTHING. Thank you, Sylvia, and the best of continued success to you and your family!
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Summary: The Queen of Soul Food Cooking
Review: When I first received Sylvia's book I thought it was just going to be another cookbook where the pictures look good but the flavor never turns out...,Well not this book. If you follow the recipes to a tee you will end up with absolutely delicious dishes. My family really thinks I learned how to cook..I tell them "honey it's not me but my best friend Sylvia". The cake recipes are excellent and are all flavorful and moist. How many times have you baked a cake from the book and it is dry and never looks like the picture? Sylvia has recipes for pound cakes that...., well I can't believe she gave out these secrets. Invite your family and your mother-in-law over for pot roast, string beans, sweet potatoes, etc., etc., etc. all seasoned great and turn out delicious. Don't forget the last recipe in the book -- Fresh Squeezed Lemonade -- do it exactly as she says -- You don't know what you're missing. If you know just the basics in the kitchen and want your soulfood meals to taste like "Mama's" get this book and you're in for a big surprise. Before Sylvia came along I just cooked but now I BURN in the kitchen!!
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