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Paula Deen: It Ain't All About the Cookin'
Paula Deen It Ain't All About the Cookin'
Author: Paula Deen, Sherry Suib Cohen
Do you know the real Paula Deen? You may think you know the butter-loving, finger-licking, joke-cracking queen of melt-in-your-mouth Southern cuisine. You may have even visited The Lady & Sons to taste for yourself the down-home delicacies that made her famous and even heard some version of her Cinderella story (a single mom with two teenage son...  more »
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ISBN-13: 9780743292856
ISBN-10: 0743292855
Publication Date: 4/3/2007
Pages: 304
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4 stars, based on 125 ratings
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback
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reviewed Paula Deen: It Ain't All About the Cookin' on + 61 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 9
Who doesn't love the Paula Deen we see on tv? This book give us insight into her life and tells you so many things that you can't imagine this bubbly, energetic woman going through. And there are a few recipes too!
reviewed Paula Deen: It Ain't All About the Cookin' on
Helpful Score: 6
Interesting peek into Paula's life, and quite a few nice receipes too!
reviewed Paula Deen: It Ain't All About the Cookin' on + 49 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 6
A very easy read; I found out many new details of my favorite cook's life.You felt like you were listening to her as she told her story. Many good recipes in this book as well.
Doxielady52 avatar reviewed Paula Deen: It Ain't All About the Cookin' on
Helpful Score: 5
This is a great book for all you Paula Deen Fans like myself. Funny, warm and truthful. Great receipes too. Enjoy!!!!
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Helpful Score: 5
This book is very good. It is amazing what Paula Deen went through to get were she is today. It is truely inspriational. It also has some of her recipes in between the chapters.
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reviewed Paula Deen: It Ain't All About the Cookin' on + 1452 more book reviews
Interesting reading. One cannot but admire a woman who works so hard to change her life and takes the risks to do so. Obviously, she is a successful cook but I grew up in the upper Midwest and several of the foods she talks about as being Southern are also favored where I grew up including fried chicken, potato salad, coleslaw and many others.

It is a nice to see the recipes she included at the end of most chapters. Sometimes I was disappointed when she would rave about a certain food but give a recipe for something else. That happened twice and the first time was in chapter one where I looked for peanut butter balls. One particular food selection she found a gentleman made is appealing to my husband - a hamburger, topped with a fried egg, a little cheese and sliced onions all of which are among his favorites.

This book is about a tough woman who works hard to make a living for herself and her sons. She thrives on foods made by her family members yet seeks the special dishes that other make as well. From cooking for family, the public and on television shows she enjoys the moment. And, she speaks her mind sometimes forgetting that others have opinions, too, but she learns from her mistakes and tries to overcome them. All in all, one can say that Paula Deen could be the woman nextdoor who likes to cook and loves doing it.
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I just loved this book. I promise you will too!
daylilylover avatar reviewed Paula Deen: It Ain't All About the Cookin' on + 768 more book reviews
This book was excellent! Paula lets it all hang out. I laughed! I cried! It's going on my keeper shelf!!


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