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The Lee Bros. Simple Fresh Southern: Knockout Dishes With Down-Home Flavor (2009)

by Matt Lee(Favorite Author)

3.76 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

0307453596 (ISBN13: 9780307453594)

languge

English

genre

Food & Cookbooks

publisher

Clarkson Potter Publishers

review 1: I've been wanting to read this cookbook for awhile as it has had good reviews. Also I was raised in the South and it is refreshing to see someone do something new to Southern cuisine as it can be rather heavy and boring. Overall, I thought it was an interesting twist on traditional Southern fare. I didn't care for most of the recipes, but their drinks like the Watermelon Margarita looked awesome and I've never eaten collards but the Collard Greens with Poblano Chiles and Chorizo looked tasty. And who would've thought up Rice Pudding Pops with curry powder or garam masala? I would personally have mine with nutmeg or ginger, but might give one of the other two options a try. 3 stars.
review 2: I loved the Lee Brothers from the first time I saw them on the Cooking... more Channel, and was thrilled when I found out they were coming to do a cooking demo in my area - they are so nice and funny. I had never thought about it before, but one of them pointed out that not being restaurant chefs probably makes it easier to write cookbooks and do demos for a home cook audience, since they are used to the kind of tools the average person has at home, and for cooking in normal quantities at a normal pace. The cookbook is just like that, too - they don't focus on expensive and hard to find ingredients or require complicated techniques or equipment - just about everything in here could be made in a basic starter kitchen. The introductions to the recipes are great, too - it's not often that I sit down and read a cookbook in the living room, but this is the kind that will draw you into doing that. The recipes are "southern" in the sense that they are inspired by the brothers' childhood in Charleston, so there is a definite seafood/low country slant - but the recipes would go over great in any region. So no matter where you live, check this one out - it may just end your cookbook-induced frustration. less

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