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Learn to COOK - Puttin' on the Grits: A Guide to Southern Entertaining
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Manufacturer: Plume
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 642
EAN: 9780452286894
ISBN: 0452286891
Label: Plume
Manufacturer: Plume
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 272
Publication Date: 2005-12-27
Publisher: Plume
Studio: Plume
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The New York Times bestseller and SEBA Award winner explains: Entertaining in the South is about making everyone feel welcome and want to be around you.
From the heartfelt love in Grandma’s dumplings at a family gathering to the stomping good fun at a hoedown, Puttin’ on the Grits teaches us how to be a gracious, warm,and entertaining host—the Southern way. Whether you’re organizing the pot luck for a last-minute Super Bowl party, planning a Thanksgiving family feast, or just need an excuse to get together with your girlfriends, Puttin’ on the Grits has tips and ideas to help with everything from the grocery list and decorating tips, to getting that stubborn last guest out the door with a smile. Whether popping a cork or cracking open a six-pack, every hostess can now be the belle of the ball.
“Funny, wise, charming, and smart . . . GRITS deserves a place on your shelf between Gone With the Wind and the Memphis Junior League cookbook.”
—Fannie Flagg, from her foreword to The GRITS Guide to Life
“A chance for all Girls Raised in the South to revel in our wonderfulness—and a fine attempt at explaining us to everyone else.”
—Jill Connor Browne, author of The Sweet Potato Queens’ Book of Love
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Summary: In great shape, thanks
Comment: Book arrived quickly in great shape.
A cute book with interesting information.
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Summary: THE PERFECT "GRITS" GALA
Comment: EVERYTHING YOU EVER WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT SOUTHERN SOIREES....PRECIOUS PARTY PLANNING....JUST THE CUP OF TEA FOR A BELLE IN THE KNOW
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Summary: A Delightful book!!
Comment: I thought this was a delightful and entertaining book. This book is packed with many different southern traditions and customs. Deborah Ford, writes with much passion and love for many of the southern manners, and social expectations. I really enjoyed that she packed this full of vital recipes such as how to properly make sweet tea, a must have if you live in the South. She also included many other recipes for gifts and other things you may want to have in your freezer just in case.
Puttin' on the Grits was a delightful book, with all sorts of illustrations, and tips. I thought she did a wonderful job of capturing the spirit of the South in the modern world. Deborah also gave many wonderful suggestions for learning all about Southern manners and those unwriten expections for those of us who may now live in the South. I would recommend this book to those who may want to learn more about what makes the Southern culture so unique.
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Summary: Miss Grits writes another winner!
Comment: If y'all want to know how we Southerners entertain, and learn a tad more about how important family and friends are to us, you need to read this book. Miss Grits can always be counted on to entertain, and I can tell y'all, no nicer or classier lady has ever existed. "Miss Grits" is no act, she's the real deal!
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Summary: Country Clubs & Libraries, Oh My!
Comment: GRITS stands for "Girls Raised in the South" namely Birmingham, Alabama. Well, I wasn't just raised here, I was born here in Tennessee. The first year of my marriage took place in Troy, Alabama, where I attended Troy State College (now University) and the art teacher wanted me to pose for his class, but wouldn't ask me himself. That's not the way they do things in the South; first, he sent a young woman teacher to 'visit' me; then, he has some female art students to approach me in the halls on my way to Bio-Scio classes. You want to know why I didn't -- I didn't have anything to wear! Now, that's funny!
We all saw Southern manners and Hospitality at its best in the Auntie Mame movie in which Lucille Ball starred. She was the best Auntie Mame and perfect as a Southern belle. Happy birthday to Bill Ross (8-11-32) wherever you are. Friends and family are the center of life in the South, or used to be -- in the old days. Now, you have to be the elite to enjoy that commodity. The poor are ever there, but they do no entertaining.
In Knoxville, it is the liquor they all go for at any event. Food can come as they have the time, but you won't catch those men and young women without a glass in their pretty hands. If you want to be 'the belle of the ball,' be sure to have plenty of 'spirits' of all kinds for your party. Elegance and wit is not what it is propounded to be; the women here are as dumb as those in the North with their noses in the air. I enjoyed the drawings in this little book and especially the pink pages.
Who but a gal from Birmingham would have been able to get away with that. In this town of my birth, purple is the color of choice, which perturbs me no end. Pink is girlish and easy on the eyes. I love to wear blue, but do get more attention in pink. Is it true that all women are 'pretty in pink' and 'all brides are beautiful,' or is that just a Southern thing?
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