Mama Dip's Family Cookbook

by Mildred Council

In this much-anticipated follow-up to her bestselling Mama Dip's Kitchen , Mildred "Mama Dip" Council serves up an abundance of new recipes for home-style Southern cooking that is sure to please. From catfish gumbo to breakfast pizza and peach upside-down cake, Mama Dip's Family Cookbook offers recipes for more than three hundred dishes, including many Council family favorites. Also featured are party and celebration foods for family and community gatherings--a reflection of Council's belief that friends and family are essential to a rewarding life. To help novice cooks, Council includes basic information about staple ingredients, kitchen utensils, and important measurements, as well as diagrams for setting up a buffet.

In a charming introductory essay, Council intertwines food-related reminiscences of her rural North Carolina upbringing with a wry recounting of her experiences since the remarkable success of her first book. With this book she passes along to new generations the practical advice and wisdom that have made her a treasure to her family and her community.

Genres: Cookbooks, Food, Cooking

296 pages, Paperback

First published October 1, 2005

Reviews

[coffeedog · Rating 4 out of 5]

The opening sections of this book are packed with anecdotes and recollections of growing up on a farm, just a generation or two from the life of slavery. The stories of strength of family and community give context to the wonderful recipes that follow. Mama Dip and the whole Council Family are a creative force!

[Latricia · Rating 5 out of 5]

I can't wait to try some of these recipes.

[Sandra · Rating 4 out of 5]

What a great story of this kind and loving woman. Why is it the people from the humblest beginnings are usually the kindest and most generous. What a wonderful family story and history and that's not even counting the recipes which I have not tried yet. I will update this review as I try them. First is a breakfast casserole! I highly recommend this book for her life story alone.

[Mo]

I got this cookbook as a wedding gift and still haven't read through the recipes. Will rate as soon as I've had an opportunity to "digest" a few of the recipes - no pun intended.