Dinner at Miss Lady's: Memories and Recipes from a Southern Childhood

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Summary: Who was really in the kitchen?
Review: Did any other readers of this poetically written daydream notice that while the white people in it sometimes pushed the borders of eccentricity, the black people were straight out of Margaret Mitchell fantasy land? They don't quite chuckle and shuffle, but darned near. The climax is reached in that never-never train ride. Which is more unbelievable--that although the train was segregated, this brave young woman was allowed to escort her quivering protege unchallenged into the dining car, or that the daughter of a doctor was as fawningly grateful as Ms. Landon recalls? Ms. Landon writes a well-turned sentence. And I suppose one must envy her her memory, for its golden, if bogus, glow.

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Summary: I Didn't Want it to End!
Review: I loved this book because it brought the more recent past into focus. Ms. Evan's characters aren't drawn from the era of Gone With The Wind, but are tempered by the echoes of similar cultural standards. There is virtue in propriety, and she manages to evoke a nostalgia for the same. The recipes are wonderful, but will give the Yankees cardiac arrest!

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Summary: I Didn't Want it to End!
Review: Ms. Landon's book is wonderful. I am a Georgian who likesto write, read and cook. This book inspired me and brought back memories and stories from my now-deceased granny! I read it in one day and I hated to see it end. I hope Ms. Landon writes another, and another. It's a keepsake and i can't wait to recreate these recipes. I plan to give it to some of my friends for Christmas,

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Summary: A Nice Stroll Down Memory Lane
Review: This is a lovely little book that makes you long for days gone by. I am an avid cookbook collector and currently intrigued with evertything Southern from the food to the mannerisms to the hospitality, so naturally this book appealed to me. After reading a breif excerpt about Miss Lady in "Southern Living" magazine, I ordered the book immedeately. The only dissapointment was the breifness of the book, I finished it in one afternoon. That could be because Ms. Landon had wonderful characters to write about and she is an enchanting storyteller. Her recollections of her upscale Southern upbringing are as priceless as the recipies that Henretta passed on. I have tried several of them; the Grapefruit Salad with Roquefort Dressing and the Creamed Spinach and Artichoke Hearts are both especially good. The recipies are fine, however, Ms. Landon's graceful prose is what makes this book a worthwhile read.

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Summary: I want to read more about Ms. Landon's life & her family
Review: This was a book that placed you in that time & space of the old South. The Tennessee jam cake is a recipe that my family has been looking for, for over 40 years since my grandmother passed away without leaving the recipe. I want to read more books by Ms. Landon, and hopefully, she has written more about her family's experiences.