The best of her early cook books.
REVIEW – THE DEEN FAMILY COOKBOOK (2009). (269 pages)
Paula Deen’s tenth cookbook is a much more attractive book than any of its predecessors. The early books had no photographs and were spiral bound. The later ones were solidly bound but the only color photographs of the food were in two sets of 8 pages each clumped together. For most of the recipes you had no idea what the finished product would look like.
With The Deen Family Cookbook, the layout and design are quite beautiful with lots of photos of the food as well as lovely ones of her family, cooking and/or just enjoying the food they contributed.
There are nine sections: 1. Nibbles, Snacks, Sandwiches (18 recipes); 2. Appetizers, Soups, Salads (15 recipes); 3. Main Dishes (21 recipes); 4. Casseroles, Pastas (12 recipes); 5. Sides, Veggies (14 recipes); 6. Healthy Food (12 recipes); 7. Breakfast, Brunch (18 recipes); 8. Desserts, Sweets (27 recipes); 9. Drinks (10 recipes).
My favorite section is the Casseroles and Pastas and I wish someday she would devote an entire book to just those subjects.
Recipes include: Blue Cheese Dip, Crab Puffs, Avocado Salad, Salmon Corn Cakes, Shrimp Scampi, Four Cheese Baked Spaghetti, Asparagus Seafood Risotto, Mexican Chicken Casserole,
Curried Zucchini Apple Soup, Pineapple Cucumber Salsa, Wheat & Honey Pancakes, and Peach Sangria.
I love this cook book both for its easy and delicious recipes, but also for its attractive design. Of the ten first cook books, I consider this one to be her best.
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