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The Cornbread Bible: A Recipe Storybook
In The Cornbread Bible: A Recipe Storybook, Dr. Jennifer Shambrook not only shares recipes for some great, low-cost, Southern cooking, but also shares the stories behind the recipes. The people who created the recipes and the people for whom the recipes were created populate this recipe storybook.
Dr. Shambrook is a comfortable storyteller and you will find yourself relating these stories as your family or guests eat the down home recipes from this book. With this book, you will find it very easy to be a good cook. You will also find these recipes to be very easy on your food budget. Shambrook cooks with an eye to saving time, effort, and expense.
The book offers both recipes and the principles behind the recipes. This enables the reader to follow step by step as they learn the principles, then use these recipes for inspiration to create their own delicious cornbread dishes. There are also general tips such as how to care for cast iron cookware or tell when your oil is hot enough to fry a hushpuppy or corndog.
Included in the book are a variety of breads, including many gluten free options. Also included are side dishes (greens with cornmeal dumplings), main dishes (pot roast pie), and a delicious recipe for gluten-free corndogs. There are recipes for breakfast, lunch and dinner.
You will enjoy reading the stories behind the recipes as you learn to fry hushpuppies, make the Chihuahua Muffins, or cook hardy cornbread-topped entrees.
One of the best chapters in the book is the section on creating cornbread dressing or stuffing. Here, the author shares her version of an easy-to-follow recipe for dressing that has been passed down in her family for generations. But, she doesn’t stop there, she offers the principles of how to custom tailor your dressing to suit the tastes of your family and friends.
You will find The Cornbread Bible: A Recipe Storybook informative, entertaining and chock full of useful tips that will help you be a better cook while lowering your food budget at the same time.
Dr. Shambrook is a comfortable storyteller and you will find yourself relating these stories as your family or guests eat the down home recipes from this book. With this book, you will find it very easy to be a good cook. You will also find these recipes to be very easy on your food budget. Shambrook cooks with an eye to saving time, effort, and expense.
The book offers both recipes and the principles behind the recipes. This enables the reader to follow step by step as they learn the principles, then use these recipes for inspiration to create their own delicious cornbread dishes. There are also general tips such as how to care for cast iron cookware or tell when your oil is hot enough to fry a hushpuppy or corndog.
Included in the book are a variety of breads, including many gluten free options. Also included are side dishes (greens with cornmeal dumplings), main dishes (pot roast pie), and a delicious recipe for gluten-free corndogs. There are recipes for breakfast, lunch and dinner.
You will enjoy reading the stories behind the recipes as you learn to fry hushpuppies, make the Chihuahua Muffins, or cook hardy cornbread-topped entrees.
One of the best chapters in the book is the section on creating cornbread dressing or stuffing. Here, the author shares her version of an easy-to-follow recipe for dressing that has been passed down in her family for generations. But, she doesn’t stop there, she offers the principles of how to custom tailor your dressing to suit the tastes of your family and friends.
You will find The Cornbread Bible: A Recipe Storybook informative, entertaining and chock full of useful tips that will help you be a better cook while lowering your food budget at the same time.
78 pages, Kindle Edition
First published November 19, 2012
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December 13, 2017
I had this book for 3 yrs and I can't believe I waited this long to read it. Growing up in my house we ate a lot cornbread. This was a real treat to read and filled with cool recipes. Who would have ever thought reading about cornbread would be this fun
February 28, 2014
The Cornbread Bible: A Recipe Storybook
What a treasure this book is. Not only is it a recipe book for the best loved cornbread recipes but it's also a story book about the origins and other tales about the food.
Love the differences between even the utensils used and the recipes are so easy to make.
Had just had 2 cornbread muffins at the hospital last week and know I need to make some for these cold winter days we are having.
The recipe with broccoli would be just perfect for a meal.
Some of the recipes use Jiffy as a starter.
What a treasure this book is. Not only is it a recipe book for the best loved cornbread recipes but it's also a story book about the origins and other tales about the food.
Love the differences between even the utensils used and the recipes are so easy to make.
Had just had 2 cornbread muffins at the hospital last week and know I need to make some for these cold winter days we are having.
The recipe with broccoli would be just perfect for a meal.
Some of the recipes use Jiffy as a starter.
March 24, 2016
Cornbread Lovers
I like cornbread. I'm not crazy about it like my family though. I cook to please so I lo through this book. A lot of it I already knew. Then again, there were recipes I couldn't imagine lol. Cornbread dumplings? That's a big no for me but I'm sure my family will like t try them. So because my family likes cornbread, I'll keep this for ideas.
I like cornbread. I'm not crazy about it like my family though. I cook to please so I lo through this book. A lot of it I already knew. Then again, there were recipes I couldn't imagine lol. Cornbread dumplings? That's a big no for me but I'm sure my family will like t try them. So because my family likes cornbread, I'll keep this for ideas.
March 23, 2013
Great storybook..great cornbread cookbook. I liked it so much I ordered the book version to more easily use the recipes. I plan on trying most of the recipes. I enjoyed the author's family stories very much. Nice family.
February 11, 2013
Bookmarked the ones I want to try
November 21, 2018
I enjoyed this book - recipes included plus lots of information about corn breads - we love it. Also is informative about cast iron skillets and pans - they are the best thing around. How to season them and other great info.
May 4, 2019
Yummy
I am very much enjoying the recipes and memories that Jennifer has share in this collection. The warmth and humor is appreciated as well. I am happy to see that my cheat is the accepted one when I come home tired. My favorite with cornbread is black bean soup.
I am very much enjoying the recipes and memories that Jennifer has share in this collection. The warmth and humor is appreciated as well. I am happy to see that my cheat is the accepted one when I come home tired. My favorite with cornbread is black bean soup.
August 7, 2019
Fascinating
I am learning to cook cornbread and this book has been a great addition to my fledgling ability in the kitchen. Thanks for opening my eyes to the proper use of shortening. I will save lots of calories now.
I am learning to cook cornbread and this book has been a great addition to my fledgling ability in the kitchen. Thanks for opening my eyes to the proper use of shortening. I will save lots of calories now.
January 15, 2022
Good Food - Always In Style!
Stories & recipes - what more could you want? Some o' that food to magically appear before you while you read?!? Well, of course you do!
Check this out, wipe off the drool & invite some friends to help cook & tell lies, or stories.
Stories & recipes - what more could you want? Some o' that food to magically appear before you while you read?!? Well, of course you do!
Check this out, wipe off the drool & invite some friends to help cook & tell lies, or stories.
May 31, 2017
Super quick, fun read. Mouthwatering recipes. Can't wait to try some!
September 30, 2018
Love cornbread!!!
This book was great. I also found some great recipes. Can't wait to try the butter bean pie. Thanks for the great stories too.
This book was great. I also found some great recipes. Can't wait to try the butter bean pie. Thanks for the great stories too.
December 31, 2024
Good recipe book. I love the little stories that go with each of them. Some are funny others are quite a family history.
February 26, 2016
I love cornbread, and I love stories. I like the trend in cookbooks to combine family stories with recipes.
My mother's cornbread was the best ever, of course. She had a heavy aluminum pan with corn-shaped spaces to pour the batter. That meant every piece was mostly crust, my favorite part. She never tried to get creative with extra ingredients, just plain basic cornbread that tasted yummy.
The book has several variations on basic cornbread that also look tempting. I expect to see more cornbread in my future.
My mother's cornbread was the best ever, of course. She had a heavy aluminum pan with corn-shaped spaces to pour the batter. That meant every piece was mostly crust, my favorite part. She never tried to get creative with extra ingredients, just plain basic cornbread that tasted yummy.
The book has several variations on basic cornbread that also look tempting. I expect to see more cornbread in my future.
January 28, 2017
The Cornbread Bible
After reading this book, I have so many reasons to make cornbread. However, there are many recipes for other dishes made with cornbread, for example, dressing, squash casserole, etc., that sound very interesting. The recipes are interwoven with the author's personal stories regarding how they came about which makes this book so much more than a book about cornbread!
After reading this book, I have so many reasons to make cornbread. However, there are many recipes for other dishes made with cornbread, for example, dressing, squash casserole, etc., that sound very interesting. The recipes are interwoven with the author's personal stories regarding how they came about which makes this book so much more than a book about cornbread!
April 28, 2016
Cornbread made easy.
I really enjoyed The Cornbread Bible: A Recipe Storybook. The recipes were easy to replicate and I liked how easy it was to put my own spin on the recipes. The Cornbread dressing was the best. I also enjoyed the stories along with the recipes. I read the entire book because of the family stories.
I really enjoyed The Cornbread Bible: A Recipe Storybook. The recipes were easy to replicate and I liked how easy it was to put my own spin on the recipes. The Cornbread dressing was the best. I also enjoyed the stories along with the recipes. I read the entire book because of the family stories.
December 29, 2015
Great Cornbread Read
I love cornbread also but mine has to be baked in a cast iron skillet. If it isn't, I don't eat it. I love it slathered in butter or crumbled into a big bowl of potato soup.
I love cornbread also but mine has to be baked in a cast iron skillet. If it isn't, I don't eat it. I love it slathered in butter or crumbled into a big bowl of potato soup.
December 30, 2015
Good same
Same recipes I was brought up with love it crackling bread my mom used to make was good to read it
Same recipes I was brought up with love it crackling bread my mom used to make was good to read it
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