Uptown Country
175 Charming Recipes with Flavor and Flair
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- $8.99
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- $8.99
Publisher Description
Drawn from the days when author Donald Lewis watched his grandmother churn butter and gather fresh eggs to use in family meals, these country dishes have a contemporary flair that’s perfect for even the most elegant brunch or dinner party. You’ll find recipes for such classic treats as Creamy Onion Soup, Squash Bisque, Creole Seafood Gumbo, Baked Chicken Breasts with Roast Garlic Sauce, Velvet Almond Fudge Cake, Lemon Date Squares, and Apple Spice Muffins. There’s also a useful conversion chart for British and American measures and temperatures, a handy list of ingredient substitutions, a recipe for a “Master Mix” that can be used for a range of baked goods, and general herb suggestions for flavoring foods to perfection. This is a charming cookbook that skillfully combines rural country cooking with modern culinary style.
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PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
In a field crowded by the wildly popular likes of the Lee Brothers, Edna Lewis and Paula Deen, it's difficult to stand out as a Southern cook; unfortunately, Lewis's middling entry, an attempt to "dress up" traditional southern dishes, does not rise to the challenge. Lewis starts off strong with solid, reliable appetizers that are easy to make, such as Savory Cheese Straws, Gruyere Cheese Puffs and Crab Cakes with Herb Mayonnaise, but hits a wall when it comes to main courses: a Corn Chowder comprised of two pounds Velveeta, four cans creamed corn and one-and-half cups of margarine is hard to describe as "uptown." Lewis's chicken enchiladas, which calls for more Velveeta, as well as cream of chicken and cream of mushroom soups, yields a dish better served to unwanted houseguests than loved ones. He fares much better with desserts, which make up roughly half the book; Coconut Toffee Bars, a solid pie crust recipe and classics like Red Velvet and Hummingbird Cake are this volume's best bets. Short recipe descriptions give the book a rushed feel (especially in complicated dishes like multilayered brownies), and there's little in the way of storage advice for concoctions like pizza dough and herb oil.