Food is irrevocably intertwined with
life and love; taste memories and traditions pass from generation to
generation and circle through communities. Cooking school founder
Patsy Caldwell and writer Amy Wilson have gathered together a
collection of recipes that mean the most the them and short, sweet
stories of the community and love those recipes represent, and share
them with lucky readers in You Be Sweet. Drinks, desserts and yummy
snacks spill out of these pages in a delightful sugar rush that makes
your fingers itch to start baking.
The instant you pick up this book, you
know it was put together by someone who knows what they're doing.
Thick glossy pages, recipes in easy-to-read formats and fonts, and
photos that are professional without being pretentious.
Typical of most Southern-inspired
cookbooks, it is heavy on peaches, lemons, pecans and other
ingredients that may be less readily available (or significantly more
expensive) outside the South. It makes no apologies for it's
ingredient lists – sugar, butter, heavy cream, and sour cream are
staples. Whipped topping, jello packets, cake mixes, marshmallow
fluff and corn syrup make appearances as well. That said, the recipes
were user friendly and many could be adapted by/for those of us whose
kitchens don't allow for sugar, processed foods, etc. I look forward
to working my way through it!
Disclaimer: I received a copy of
this book for free in return for my honest opinion. If you check out
my other reviews, you'll see that I have no problem honestly saying
when I hated something; I just happened to genuinely enjoy this one!
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