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Wayne Bell

easy to follow

Reviewed in Canada on 1 July 2018

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Very impressed , easy to follow, lacked some southern receips

G Clifford

Incorrect measurement in recipe for black pepper biscuits

Reviewed in the United States on 14 October 2015

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I bought this book because of her black pepper biscuits, and then I discovered from another reviewer that the amount of black pepper was wrong in the book. It should read TEASPOON not TABLESPOON. Be warned before you make the recipe. I thought the biscuits were delicious and worth the price of the book just to have the recipe.

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jccwc

Pimento cheese recipe???

Reviewed in the United States on 24 May 2018

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The cream cheese biscuits are heavenly. What is missing is the recipe for pimento cheese. I live on the left coast and can’t get good ol’ southern food, so her recipe for pimento cheese would have been perfect.

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irish in wisconsin

excellent book

Reviewed in the United States on 4 October 2021

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I caught one of her shows on tv, when i was in the hospital for a few days. She is a interesting person and you can tell she cares what she does.
I LOVE biscuits and her book is well written with stories (background) and ingredients.
This book has other recipes as well, food.
I will be keeping this book.

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ledbetter

Down Home Cookin"

Reviewed in the United States on 16 January 2014

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This book made me want to buy a square cast iron skillet! I think my biscuits may have worked out better with it.
I saw Carrie Morey on Fox and Friends. She was charming. Her cookbook is good. And full of cholesterol laden recipes. Some of the directions for her recipes are hidden in the description, so don't go straight to the recipe...read the description first.

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Jennifer Dunn

Where’s the pimento cheese recipe?

Reviewed in the United States on 7 November 2019

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Cool cookbook but lots of typos and the pimento cheese recipe that is supposed to be on page 76, is not. 😪

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C. B. King

Biscuits with Class

Reviewed in the United States on 15 December 2013

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This is a very practical and fun cookbook. I have made the biscuits and split pea soup (very good).
Carrie story is fun.I am proud to have it in my cookbook collection. I am from the north (we do yeast breads) and learning to southern cooking. This has been a fun adventure and Carrie's cook book is adding to the transition.

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DeeDiDee

Basic Southern Cooking

Reviewed in the United States on 19 November 2013

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Callie's Biscuits and Southern Traditions is a collection of southern recipes that are easy to pull off, require basic ingredients that you won't have to order, and won't break the bank. It is a well-bound hardcover that stays open on the countertop if you want to cook from it and don't have a stand. The print is mostly easy to read. On a few pages, the backdrop is a white woven dishcloth and the weave of the cloth competes with the small black type. It isn't true for every page but be aware. The book is moderately generous with photographs, but you have to wonder why someone would include a family photograph but not a picture of the sage butter-roasted turkey. There are also fun asides throughout the book to tell you all about everything from grits to bereavement food.

The introduction tells how the author came to make biscuits.She also lists tools she finds helpful in the kitchen. Each chapter is given a 2-3 page introduction, and most recipes are introduced with a paragraph or two divulging their history or what makes them special. The recipes are well-written and easy to follow.

The chapters are as follows: biscuits; skillet and stove top; roasting and slow cooking; salads and sandwiches; baking; and entertaining. Entertaining is subdivided into sit-down holiday dinner; cocktail celebration; throw-together oyster roast; game day; southern picnic; playdate; and party drinks.

Truth be told, I found the organization and content of the author's chapters to be a little odd. Take for example, chapter 1 (biscuits). There are 14 recipes in the chapter, but only 3 biscuit recipes (buttermilk, black pepper, and cast-iron yeast). However, the biscuit chapter includes southern shortcakes (yeah, I know it's a biscuit) along with recipes for macerated fruit, whipped cream, and shortcake trifle (basically, put the aforementioned ingredients together!). Then there are recipes for cinnamon stickies and buttermilk blueberry cobbler in the biscuit chapter despite there being a scant baking chapter later on. While I confess the food is good, this book suffers from poor editing or organization.

The salads and sandwiches chapter includes southern favorites from ham salad to egg salad along with coleslaw, potato salad, fruit kabobs, and corn salad. There are a couple salad dressing and four vinaigrettes. The tuna salad is presented three ways: classic, Tuscan, and Soho. Now I know that Southern cooking encompasses all kinds of cuisine, but really? Soho tuna? There is also a recipe for fiery pimento cheese-laced "naughty" eggs. The feeling of the recipes being a hodgepodge that don't necessarily fit anywhere continues.

You'll find sweet and savory recipes in the baking chapter. The author tells you right off the bat that she finds the art of cake baking to be elusive so don't expect to find a hummingbird cake, red velvet cake or some other beautiful southern cake here. You'll find basics like haystacks, pecan pie, and chocolate chip cookies here.

My favorite recipes are the pimento cheese shrimp and grits and the black pepper biscuits. You'll wish you thought of both dishes.

My bottom line? This is a nice cookbook with some standout recipes. It won't make or break your cookbook collection to own it. I will probably regift this book. I simply already have enough of these type recipes. I think this would be a basic starter book for the aspiring southern cook.

Update 11/22/13 You may also want to try the Callie's Meeting Street Crab Dip as well as the cast-iron pimento cheese dip. However, upon further use of the book I have an additional criticism. The index is poorly done. You'd think the aforementioned crab dip would be located under "crab" or "dips". It was actually listed under "Callie's". Just in case anyone is confused, this is not a negative review. I gave the book 4 stars for great food, but there are aspects of the book that can be improved.

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Ulrich mcclain

Good snug fit to help relieve pain

Reviewed in the United States on 6 September 2021

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Achillies tendon

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Great southern cookbook

Reviewed in the United States on 26 March 2020

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As a Charlestonian, I had to have the recipe for Callie's Biscuits! But as a happy accident there are plenty of recipes for other southern staples. The cookbook has great pictures and easy to follow instructions.

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