Heart of the Home

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Summary: Perhaps the most useful vegetarian cookbook I've ever read!
Review: "Heart of the Home" isn't the thickest vegetarian cookbook I've ever seen, but it's perhaps the most useful and practical ever published. You'll be hard pressed to find another cookbook that has so many recipies that become staples in your regular weekly diet. From "Fried Chicken Tofu" to "Dirty Rice," the recipies are easy-to-follow, tasty, and usually made with a "southern twist." The vintage illustrations are hilarious and worth the price of the book alone. Any vegetarian wanting great traditional southern recipies will love this.

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Summary: what a delightful book...
Review: ahh...my fear of the kitchen has been conquered. For someone that is all thumbs in the kitchen, I found this book to be funny, informative and most of all encouraging. The fried chicken tofu recipe is to die for. I found it a joy to read...who knew a cookbook could be filled with such great stories. Who knew I could be a good cook.

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Summary: Great for beginners and pros alike
Review: Having recently decided to switch to dairy-free vegetarian cooking, I was worried about what I was giving up. Ann Jackson's book has let me see that I don't really have to "give up" anything. I've had the book for a week and have tried three recipes. All are winners. The "Fried Chicken" tofu has to be tried to be believed and the gravy that goes with it tastes like what my mom used to make for Sunday lunch. Outstanding!

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Summary: All things Good
Review: I am vegan and bought this for a friend who is from the south and thought she'd get a kick out of trying some dairy free/meat free southern recipes considering the rave reviews it got. I don't understand how this cookbook can claim to be dairy free when many of the recipes call for buttermilk, cheese, butter, and condensed milk. For example, the cheesebread recipe calls for swiss cheese and cheddar cheese. Huh? I am disappointed but more confused than anything.

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Summary: Great for beginners and pros alike
Review: I love this cookbook, and reviewed it a few years ago, i wanted to add that the new edition[which is the 3rd] has a great new cover, some new pictures and most of all is now fully indexed, which makes it even easier and more fun to cook southern.

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Summary: All things Good
Review: There is something that happens to me when I read through Ann Jackson's cookbooks. Simply put: I am filled with the most pleasant longing for something GOOD. She makes my mouth water weather or not I am hungry upon the time of reading! I love her books so much that I've taken them both to bed to read. How many cook books are there that you can thoroughly enjoy from cover to cover like that?

Any woman who can make me laugh while teaching me the alchemist craft of transforming tofu into something that tastes deliciously like chicken will now and forever more only receive my praises!

Jackson writes the kind of cookbooks that are meant to be absorbed--and with her inspiring stories, charming anecdotes, FANTASTIC graphics and fun retro fonts it is easy to do just that. From there, all the actual recipies are easy and it's like by reading her cookbook she teaches you how to cook southern via attitude vs. precision.

She makes you want to cook from the heart, while heartily enjoying your life in the process....and when I do just that, my friends think I'm the queen of the kitchen. Can you say that a cookbook has changed your life? Well, there...I just said it.

xxoo, her biggest fan

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Summary: This cookbook is both hilarious and delicious.
Review: this book is for the pro or beginner. if you get one you will find yourself using it daily. fried , chicken, gravy, gingerbread or doughnuts it is simply a must for any chefs library !!

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Summary: a must for any one who loves good country cooking
Review: when asked how he lost all that weight reggie whitesaid "if it tastes good dont eat it". he should have read ann jacksons book. young or old-- fat or slim this book you will love--- to-fu fried chicken....,gingerbread, corn bread yum,yum . if you like to eat- get this book you will not be sorry.pass the vegetarian gravy.-

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Summary: a must for any one who loves good country cooking
Review: when asked how he lost all that weight reggie whitesaid "if it tastes good dont eat it". he should have read ann jacksons book. young or old-- fat or slim this book you will love--- to-fu fried chicken....,gingerbread, corn bread yum,yum . if you like to eat- get this book you will not be sorry.pass the vegetarian gravy.-

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Summary: old cooks - new cooks this is your book.whatta bargain!!
Review: when reggie white lost all that weight. he was asked how he did it? he said "if it taste good dont eat it". pity he did not have ann jacksons book. fat or slim, young or old, rich or poor this can be your daily guide to great southern eating.to-fu fried chicken, gingerbread, cornbread. really you will love this cook...pass the gravy pa!