From Storebought to Homemade: Secrets for Cooking Easy, Fabulous Food in Minutes

by Emyl Jenkins, Jan Karon (Foreword)

In From Storebought to Homemade, Southern hostess extraordinaire, Emyl Jenkins, shares her top secret collection of 200 fast, foolproof recipes -- most can be prepared in 30 minutes or less -- for doctoring up storebought food: from Tell Me It's Homemade Clam Chowder and Everybody's Mother's Pork Chop Casserole to No-Fail Potatoes and Old-Fashioned Lemon Chess Pie. Your family and friends will think you slaved over a hot stove all day!

Foreword by Jan Karon.

Genres: Cookbooks

256 pages, Hardcover

First published October 1, 2001

About the author

Emyl Jenkins of Richmond, Virginia, born Mary Louise Joslin, was an internationally known antiques appraiser, prolific writer and author, and engaging speaker. She was a graduate of Mary Washington College and held a Masters in English from the University of Virginia. She was involved with many arts and cultural activities including the Library of Virginia, Virginia Governor's Mansion Citizen Advisory Committee, Garden Club of Virginia, James River Writers, Virginia Press Women, North Carolina Ballet, and the Arts Council of North Carolina State University.

She worked at two auction houses and wrote numerous books and articles on antiques, as well as a syndicated column. Jenkins's first antiques book, Why You're Richer Than You Think (later reissued as Emyl Jenkins' Appraisal Book) landed her a 3-day stint on Good Morning, America. She was the author of Emyl Jenkins’ Southern Christmas, The Book of American Traditions, and From Storebought to Homemade, among others.

A lady of superior accomplishments, Emyl brought happiness to the many people she encountered throughout her distinguished career. Emyl requested that her friends "think happy thoughts."

Reviews

[Melvie · Rating 4 out of 5]

Not so much that the recipes were fantastic, but that it was easy to get a feel for how to shorten a chunk of the more laborious stuff in traditional recipes.

[Rosemarie Cuffy]

I was gifted this book. And I never made any of the recipes. Instead I enjoyed reading the recipe construction and then made notes and decorated the pages. I ended up donating it, but wish I still had it.