| Anderson’s “hard work, dedication, and passion are evident throughout this extensive book. Along with classic dishes, Anderson shares stories about the South's culinary history . . . and important food figures . . . but the ‘insider’ recipes like Shirt Tail Pies . . . and East Tennessee Stack Cake are what truly make this book special.” |
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Publishers Weekly |
| “Though born and raised in North Carolina, the longtime food writer Jean Anderson never quite shed a sense of being ‘more student than insider’ at the Southern table (her Midwestern parents stuck to their own culinary birthright). This combination of native and newcomer outlooks is what sets A Love Affair with Southern Cooking apart . . . This treasurable book is plentifully studded with capsule essays (on the likes of Duke’s mayonnaise or RC Cola) and mini-profiles (Mary Randolph, George Washington Carver) as well as a running timeline of historical tidbits.” |
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Dining & Wine Section, The New York Times |
| “The best of the Southern cookbooks . . . like a Bible with love.” |
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Good Morning America (ABC-TV), Top 10 Cookbooks of 2007 |
| “Stories and annotated recipes from a member of the James Beard Cookbook Hall of Fame.” |
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Notable Cookbooks of 2007, NY Times Book Review |
| “Best Regional American Cookbook of 2007 . . . as much fun to read as it is to cook from. Lots of calories, but worth every one.” |
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Top 10 Cookbooks of 2007, Epicurious |
| “A Love Affair with Southern Cooking is part cookbook, part memoir, part history and part back-roads adventure. And with Anderson as your guide, you won’t go off-course.” |
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Richmond (Virginia )Times-Dispatch |
| “ “A Love Affair with Southern Cooking mixes recipes with food history and lore . . . Whoever said romance was dead?”
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Atlanta Journal-Constitution |
| “Jean Anderson’s goal with this book is to pass along the South’s rich culinary history, the gossipy stories Southerners love to tell, the snippets of folklore, and not least the precious insight gained by watching Southerners cook. And she does it deliciously.” |
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The Post and Courier, Charleston, SC |
| “Jean Anderson’s A Love Affair with Southern Cooking may be the best book on Southern cooking yet." |
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Savannah Morning News |
| “This book is as satisfying as a plate of black-eyed peas with a side of hot, fresh buttered corn bread.” |
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Tucson Citizen |
| “Cracking open Jean Anderson’s A Love Affair with Southern Cooking is akin to settling in at your Southern grandmother’s table for a long leisurely lunch. Story follows story as quirky characters and tidbits of history and legend come to life.” |
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News & Observer, Raleigh, NC |
| “While vacationing with family at Tybee Island, Georgia . . . I found a nice place on the beach . . . and immersed myself in a great book . . . not a mystery but Jean Anderson’s A Love Affair with Southern Cooking . . . [and it] kept me spellbound.” |
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Knoxville News |
| “. . . we looked through Anderson’s A Love Affair with Southern Cooking in search of healthy recipes and found plenty of them.” |
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Weight Watchers Magazine |
| “Jean Anderson’s fondness for Southern cooking and the storytelling that accompanies it did not fade despite spending most of her adult life in New York. Her North Carolina roots stayed firmly in place . . . . The result is A Love Affair with Southern Cooking, a collection of more than 200 recipes from all over the Southland . . . nearly all of them accompanied by a story.” |
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St. Petersburg Times |
