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Paula Deen Cuts the Fat: 250 Favorite Recipes All Lightened Up

A Collection Of 150 Southern-style Recipes Emphasizes Large-event Cooking And Shares Ideas For A Number Of Celebrations From Christenings And Bar Mitzvahs To Super Bowl Parties And Thanksgiving Dinners. Paula's Birthday Bash -- A Bridge Club Supper -- New Year's Day Soup Lunch For The Neighbors -- A Cooking Shower -- A Georgia Bulldawg Parking Lot Tailgate -- Keen-ager Casserole Luncheon -- The Boss Comes To Dinner -- Comfort Food -- A Teenager's Slumber Party -- The Cookie Swap -- Hunt Lunch In The Field -- A Working Lunch -- The Saturday Night Grill Party -- A Weekend Campout -- A Big Cocktail Buffet For Out-of-town Wedding Guests -- A Christening Brunch -- Run For The Roses -- A Week At The Lake With The Kids -- A Family Shabbat Dinner -- An Ice Cream Social -- Just Drinks. Paula Deen With Martha Nesbit ; Photographs By Alan Richardson. Includes Index.

you May Think You Know The Butter-loving, Finger-licking, Joke-cracking, Queen Of Melt-in-your-mouth Southern Cuisine. You May Have Even Heard Some Version Of Her Cinderella Story (a Single Mom With Two Teenage Sons Started A Brown-bag Lunch Business With $200 And Wound Up With A Thriving Restaurant Business, A Fairy-tale Second Marriage, And Wildly Popular Television Shows), But You Have Never Heard The Intimate Details Of Her Often Bumpy Road To Fame And Fortune. courageously Honest, Downright Inspiring, And Just A Little Bit Saucy, Paula Shares The Highs And The Lows Of Her Life In Her Inimitable Charming And Irreverent Style. She Talks About Her Childhood, The Difficulty Of Her First Marriage, And How The Death Of Her Beloved Parents Precipitated A Debilitating Agoraphobia That Crippled Her For Years. But Even When The Going Got Tough, Paula Never Lost The Good Grace And Sense Of Humor That Would Eventually Help Carry Her To Success And Stardom.whether She's Telling... publishers Weekly anyone Who's Ever Watched, Mesmerized, As The Author Of This Memoir Panfries A Pork Chop On The Food Network Will Find Lots To Savor In Her Down-home Life Story. Deen, The Sunny Host Of paula's Home Cookingand The Author Of Three Cookbooks, Relates The Collapse Of Her First Marriage, Her Surprising Fight With Agoraphobia And The Rise Of Her Savannah Restaurant, The Lady & Sons, With Candor, Good Humor And Mouthwatering Descriptions Of Southern Food. Of Her Husband's Favorite Dish, Sexy Oxtails, Deen Writes, It Is A Loving Dish; A Hearty, Lip-smacking Dish; And Those Tails Are Better Than A Passionate Kiss. Yes, She Includes The Simple, Savory Recipe Alongside Favorites Like Belly-filling Shaggy Man Split Pea Soup, Salty-sweet Pan-fried Corn And Addictive Biscuits And Sawmill Gravy. Deen Writes The Way She Talks-lots Of ain'ts, darlings And honeys-but The Effect Is Charming And Disarmingly Upfront. On Her Early Food Network Success, She Says, I Was Not A Size 2, But Instead A Sassy, Roundish, White-headed Cook. Women Could Identify With Me... I Could Be Them, And They Could Be Me. She's Absolutely Right; When Deen Has Turned The Last Of Life's Lemons Into Southern-sweet Lemonade, Readers May Want To Stand Up And Cheer, Or Maybe Just Tuck Into A Big, Celebratory Plate Of Pork Chops. (apr.)copyright 2007 Reed Business Information

For the first time in a beautiful, gift-quality hardcover, the beloved cookbook by the Food Network superstar–with 5 million copies in print! Down-home and downright delicious, the recipes in The Lady & Sons Savannah Country Cookbook have become classics of their kind–Southern meals from the heart of Georgia and the heart of their wonderful creator. Paula H. Deen has owned and operated The Lady & Sons restaurant for almost twenty years–and the tastiest starters, main courses, and desserts on her menu are now available in a stunning keepsake edition of her bestselling cookbook. The Lady & Sons is more than an institution; it’s an inspiration. Paula started the place newly divorced and with the creditors closing in. Enlisting the help of her devoted sons, Jamie and Bobby, she turned it into a runaway success and a symbol of pluck, perseverance, and plain hard work. Here are the delicious fruits of their labors–hearty appetizers from Pecan-Stuffed Dates to Pickled Okra Sandwiches; mouth-watering dinners like Red Snapper Stuffed with Crabmeat and Foolproof Standing Rib Roast; and such devilishly good treats as Praline Pumpkin Pie or Tunnel of Fudge Cake. Plus breads, sides, sauces, and more . . . complete with mouthwatering color photographs. For family suppers, parties, or picnics, these easy-to-follow recipes will be hard to resist–just like the elegant new edition that contains them.

As owner and proprietor of The Lady & Sons restaurant in Savannah, Paula Deen is one of the South’s most celebrated chefs. Now two of her cherished culinary classics–The Lady & Sons Savannah Country Cookbook and The Lady & Sons, Too!–have been combined into one delicious volume, available in hardcover for the first time. As a special treat, Paula Deen’s Kitchen Classics includes candid photos from Paula’s recent wedding, as well as scrumptious new dishes from the reception, tasty creations that have never appeared in any of her other books.Here are hundreds of mouthwatering, easy-to-follow recipes. For appetizers, soups, and salads, whip up some Georgia Spiced Pecans, Mini Onion Quiches, She Crab Soup, and Gingersnap Pear Salad. The delectable main courses will be the hit of any family supper, Sunday picnic, or dinner party. Who can resist Beaufort Shrimp Pie, The Lady’s Oven-Roasted Ribs, Ron’s Grilled Peanut Butter Ham, or Hot Savannah Chicken Salad Casserole? Enhance any meal with heavenly side dishes like Crunchy New Potatoes, Collard Greens, and, of course, Fried Green Tomatoes. And what meal is complete without sinful desserts–from Mississippi Mud Cake and Cherry Cream Cheese Pie to Sliced Nut Cookies and Butterscotch Delight? Is your stomach growling yet?Seasoned with Paula’s practical kitchen hints and her friendly, no-nonsense observations, Paula Deen’s Kitchen Classics is the perfect gift for experienced cooks, budding chefs, and anyone who loves comfort food.
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