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A beautifully photographed cookbook of sugary sweet soul food desserts, influenced by the women in author Patty Pinner's family.

Growing up in a large African-American family in a small town in Michigan, Patty Pinner spent her childhood helping the women of the house-the Queens of Soul Food-whip up the sweet treats that crowned family dinners, neighborhood gatherings, and church socials. In SWEETS, Patty shares her family's stories, maxims, and magical desserts, many named after family members like Cud'n Daisy, Aint Sug, and My My, her beloved grandmother. Part recipe book, part family history, this sweet-as-can-be cookbook is a heartfelt tribute to women who ruled the home and the kitchen with their wisdom, hearts, and cooking.

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Ten Speed Press; First Edition (November 1, 2006)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 176 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1580087981
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1580087988
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.3 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7.06 x 0.62 x 9.99 inches
Reviewer: BA Jordan-Parkins
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: More than Sweet
Review: I love to cook, but I'm not much on baking. I usually don't even care for sweets; but when I saw this cookbook, I had to add it to my massive collection. I thought it'd be like most other cookbooks: nice, with some great recipes, but just an item I "had to have" that I seldom--if ever--would actually use the recipes. I received the book late yesterday afternoon and by bedtime, I was half-way through reading it. I am enjoying the stories of Ms. Pinner's family so much and the recipes are so tempting. I'm already gathering ingredients to try my hand at some of these delectable treats. My father's family were country folk from the rural panhandle of Florida who had immigrated from Ireland a couple of generations before. Soul food and southern cooking are alike in many ways and I recognize several of the desserts from my childhood while visiting my dad's family "back home." My mother's family were Mexican (talk about a blending of cultures!) and so I grew up with corn bread, banana pudding, tortillas, and rice. The result was a fondness for the diversity of food and a love for a family's stories. Ms. Pinner gives us both in this wonderful book and I particularly enjoy the snippets of info about a person just before she shares one of their recipes with us. It helps us to see the importance of that member's personality and how they are an ingredient in the family that Ms. Pinner so fondly remembers. Bravo on a job well done! I hope she soon releases a cookbook chock full savory meals and complemented by more narratives.

Reviewer: V. Wright
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: One of my very favorite desserts cookbooks!
Review: This book is my very favorite of all my cookbooks now! In fact, it's even just one of my very favorite books, period. But it's not just a collection of great, old fashioned, nostalgic, honest-to-god soul food dessert recipes; it's a beautiful history of a large Black family written by someone who loved each and every member. By the time I finished my first reading ( and yes, I've read it all the way through again even though I've only had it a short time ) and bookmarked the recipes I wanted to try, I felt like I really knew every single aunt and uncle, every "Cud'n" ( even the "Po" one! )in the author's family. Filled with lovely photographs, not just of delicious home cooked food, but of real people I grew to love as each page turned, as each chapter was finished, like a well written serial one hates to put down and dreads to end. Being of Native American heritage myself, I still began to feel like one of the African American family in the book and the memories seemed like my own!I've only tried two of the book's recipes so far, one pound style cake and one sweet pie, and both turned out so darned good I couldn't believe I was the one who actually made something so mouth-watering and delectable! I'm excited to try many of the others and have recommended the book to several friends. If you are looking for a nice thick cookbook with some unique, yet old-timey type southern style dessert recipes with plain and easily found ingredients "done up" the right way, than this book is the one to buy! But if you're also interested in the rich history of a loving Black family, beautifully written, lovingly and painstakingly chronicled, then you can't go wrong with this story-book style recipe collection!

Reviewer: Donna
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Great recipe book
Review: More than a cookbook, it is a biographic family treasure shared by author Patty Pinner as she artistically shares both recipes and family memories. I lost this book 6 years ago. I am ecstatic to find a copy again. To God be the glory for small things like this.

Reviewer: Tamara Dunham
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Love This Recipe Book
Review: This is not just a recipe book but it is a story teller. It was recommended to me as an at home baker and offers those back in the day good old recipes. If you like to read about where a recipe was derived from while making it… this is a great book to have on your shelve!

Reviewer: L. Luster
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: I LOVE IT
Review: I'd been making the peach cobbler recipe from this book for years without paying attention to where it came from. The recipe appeared in a magazine a few years ago and I've been making it every since. For some reason I decided to see where the original recipe came from and that brought me here to buy the book. I have to say that I'm pleasantly surprised. This isn't just a cook book, but almost like part family history as well. I'm very eager to try the recipe's in the book...especially the Dr. Pepper cake (I've never heard of) and of course the sweet potato pie (I've always bought frozen and passed it off as my own). There's other recipes that I've heard of, but never knew what they were (egg pie). This book is a good addition to your library. While I haven't made all of the recipes in the book, I can attest that the peach cobbler recipe is perfect. Some recipes require you to add a little extra sugar, butter, etc. This recipe is perfect as it is. The only thing I did differently was buy refrigerated pie crust instead of making it from scratch...delicious!

Reviewer: feathered-princess
Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Working through the book
Review: I love sweets so when I saw this book I had to have it. I wish this book had more photos because I'm a visual learner. The first cake I made when I received this book was the sweet potato cheesecake. I'm glad I made this one first because it turned out great. The next cake I made was the strawberry layer cake, it to turned out perfect. The third cake I tried was the banana cake--for some reason the cake fell in the center, but that could have been my fault, it still tasted pretty good. But here is where things start to go downhill. I next tried my hand at the three layer coconut cake--the icing did not turn out at all and the cake was a little dry. The 7-up cake seemed the least successful so far--it was too dense and sticky. I tried the pineapple pie and the crust was just crust--nothing great. I am excited to continue on in the cake section.