Sweetness : Southern Recipes to Celebrate the Warmth, the Love, and the Blessings of a Full Life.

ISBN:

9780761189688

Title:

Author:

Jordan, Christy.

Personal Author:

Jordan, Christy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (305 pages)

Contents:

Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- Preface -- Why Is It That We Cook? -- Chapter 1: From the Cookie Jar -- Chapter 2: Deeply Delicious Brownies and Bars -- Chapter 3: Poke Cakes, Pound Cakes, Layer Cakes, and Love -- Chapter 4: Homemade Pies Made Easy -- Chapter 5: Cobblers, Puddings, and Sweet Rolls -- Chapter 6: Quick Breads, Muffins, and Breakfast (or Anytime) Treats -- Chapter 7: Old-Fashioned Fruit Salads -- Chapter 8: SImple Candies and Sweet Snacks -- Chapter 9: Sweet Sippins -- Chapter 10: Pantry -- Acknowledgments -- Conversion Tables -- Index.

Local Note:

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2016. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

Subject Term:

Cooking, American--Southern style.

Format:

Electronic Resources

Electronic Access:

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Publication Date:

2016

Publication Information:

New York :

Workman Publishing Company,

2016.

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Summary

Celebrate the sweet spirit and taste of Southern hospitality with Christy Jordan, the voice of Southern cooking for a new generation. Sweetness is a memory made in our grandmother's kitchen. Sweetness is nights on the porch, listening to the old stories. Sweetness is welcoming guests with an open heart. And food: sustaining those same guests with Peach Buttermilk Pie. Greeting the kids and their friends after school with Chocolate Chip Dream Bars. Sitting in the shade with neighbors and cooling down with Blushing Apple Juleps. (Pour some for the little ones, too--there's no alcohol.) Or ending dinner on the high note of a Chocolate Chess Pie, because you always need a little something sweet to finish it off, whether a meal or a day.

In Sweetness , Christy Jordan shares 197 recipes for sweet things to eat and drink--recipes that are deeply delicious, rich with tradition, often reaching through generations, and designed with today's hectic schedules in mind. Because life is just better when you add a little sweetness.

Author Notes

Christy Jordan is the author of Come Home to Supper and Southern Plate . She is also the publisher of SouthernPlate.com, which draws millions of visitors eager for her comfort food and warm, wise stories. For nine generations her family has enjoyed the sweetness of living in Huntsville, Alabama.

Reviews (3)

Publisher's Weekly Review

This slim collection of 197 Southern recipes relies on good old fashioned white sugar, butter, and eggs. Classic cheesecake made easy; coconut cake with "No-Fail Seven-Minute Frosting"; Coca-Cola pie, and the Southern classic hummingbird cake are just a few of the easy-to-bake sweets Jordan includes. Mix-in-pan pie crust, a recipe for homemade strawberry candy, and a box titled "A Recipe to Cure the Grumpies" will help even the most cynical baker warm to the straightforward, genuine tone and touching sentiment that permeate this title. Family memories, including recollections of Jordan's grandmothers, are interspersed in sidebars, head notes, and vintage photos. Write-ups such as "The Secret to Uncloudy Tea" may inspire even those residing in a chilly climate to feel like sipping sweet tea on the porch on a sweltering afternoon could be just around the corner. (Oct.) © Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.

Booklist Review

The difference between an ordinary life and an extraordinary life is finding extraordinary things in an ordinary life. This is just one of the many gems sprinkled throughout the latest collection of recipes from the creator of SouthernPlate.com. Jordan, also a contributing editor to Taste of the South, delivers the sweetness in both recipes and life musings. From the dedication page on, Jordan pays sweet homage to those who came before her. With recipes ranging from cookies to brownies, pies, and candies (and much more), any baker would be hard pressed to find a recipe that doesn't satisfy the sweet tooth. Recipes include classics, such as Old-Fashioned Butter Cookies and Classic Cheesecake Made Easy, but there are also fun new recipes, such as Katy's Birthday Cookie Bars and Cappuccino Cake. There are also recipes to wash everything down with, such as fresh strawberry-ade and that southern staple, sweet tea. Like a warm hug from Grandma, the recipes here will bring comfort and joy, making it the perfect addition to any baker's bookshelf.--Wathen, LynnDee Copyright 2016 Booklist

Library Journal Review

This colorful cookbook by Jordan (Come Home to Supper) will appeal to readers who have a modest budget but still want to treat their family and friends to homemade desserts. Within chapters for cookies, cakes, pies, confections, and many other sweets are recipes for chocolate chocolate chip cookies (made with Bisquick baking mix to save time), frozen turtle pie, pineapple fritters, and coconut cake with no-fail, seven-minute frosting. Compared to similar titles, this work relies heavily on store-bought products such as baking, gelatin, and pudding mixes, whipped toppings, and jarred condiments. While this might please busy bakers, home cooks who favor a completely from-scratch approach will be disappointed. VERDICT Filled with family stories and cheerful advice, this cookbook is a reasonably priced volume of easy-to-make sweets. © Copyright 2016. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.