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I bought this book to give to my Louisiana-born mother-in-law, but I'm tempted to keep it for myself. The stories are delightful, the photos are beautiful, but the recipes are the real star of the show here. If you grew up eating southern food, you'll find your old favorites (fried chicken, cheese grits, banana pudding) plus some updated versions of classics, and lots of fresh ideas, too! I'll be making curried sweet potato soup this weekend, and I can't wait for summer so I can try a cantaloupe daiquiri! Martha Hall Foose adds a generous helping of her own charming personality; her wit makes the book fun to read. An example: she warns us against the cheap vanilla wafers, saying "banana pudding is no time to be a skinflint." I couldn't agree more. Take this book into the kitchen or curl up on the sofa--you'll enjoy it either way.

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I haven't had a copy of this book in my hands yet, but I would buy it (and I intend to) based on the title alone. My paternal ancestors all came from the Southern states, so I grew up eating a lot of southern food. I still drink Sweet Tea, but I miss Screen Doors, (and porches). I can't wait to get my copy of this book, so I can refresh my memory of foods I grew up on. (My comfort foods!)

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This is worth it both for the recipes (great stuff) and the really clever, loving never condescending commentary about the South. America the diverse!

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I just recently purchased this cookbook and as a lifetime southern cook, I found it to be an outstanding representation of our southern food. The stories and history included are fantastic. The photography is gorgeous. And, yes, the recipes are atypical of true southern cooking.

There are a couple of very unfair 1-star and 2-star review ratings about this cookbook and frankly in my humble opinion, they both should be totally disregarded.

All of the authors named in one 1-star review are cookbook authors who are from the same area of the south as the reviewer - as if to say that those are the only southern states that can offer authentic southern cooking! I beg to differ. This cookbook has fantastic and very authentic southern recipes in it and, in fact, this cookbook has many of the very same recipes in the other cookbooks that reviewer names!! It is not a fair review of this book, and I suspect he has not even read this cookbook. While I am a Mississippi gal just as Ms. Foose, I did not know of her prior to ordering her cookbook, and I would never go so far as saying she is better than any of the other authors Mr. Holmes names in his 1-star post, but certainly her recipes are just as good.

As to the other 1-star review, that at least sounds like that reviewers personal opinion, but the 2-star review? Well, all I can say about that snobbish attitude is I have a feeling that reviewer would not be happy with ANY southern cookbook if she would say something such as "perhaps I'd had enough of that Southern-fried folksy story-tellin' stuff" and then go on to slam Paula Deen and the Sweet Potato Queens. Well, perhaps she just simply was having a bad day, since that "story-tellin' stuff" is what the south is made of. (Could that reviewer really even BE from anywhere in Mississippi?? Bless her heart.)

Ms. Foose's book Screen Doors and Sweet Tea is a beautiful book, full of great southern recipes, beautiful photography, great stories and history you'll love and some pretty fantastic notes and tips to boot.

Bottom line ... if you want a southern cookbook to add to your collection, this is worth every penny, would be an excellent addition and I am sure you would not be at all disappointed if you love all things about the South.

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I stumbled upon this book on Amazon and was intrigued by the other reviewer's mention of Red Velvet Cake. I put the book on my "Wish List" and then searched for it at the library. When I got it home, I thoroughly enjoyed looking through it. I was about a quarter of the way through when I decided that I definitely want to own this one, so it's staying on my "Wish List." Every recipe sounds delicious, the photos are wonderful and the little stories are captivating, charming and heart-warming. This book makes me wish I were from the South!

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Any time of the year that I pick up this lovely book, I am transported to a place and time. It looks like this: I'm wearing a pastel-colored cotton dress, my hair is newly washed and hanging down my back, the rocking chair I am sitting in, on Great Aunt Sallie's screened-in back porch, is slowly creeping across its gray-painted wooden floor. I hear her dog (sleeping at my feet) chasing a rabbit in his dreams and I (impatiently) wait for Aunt Sallie to bring me the latest confections that will soon be coming out of her oven, judging by the intoxicating smell of sugar and butter that fill the air. This book takes me back to this time as an 8-year old Southern girl.

As a typical Boomer, I went through lots of changes during the 60's. Now, looking over the cubicle wall at retirement, this charming book takes me back to a time when I can see my mother's white gloves saved for Sunday church or a funeral. I hear my dad poking holes in the lid of a mayo jar so my brother and I can catch fire-flies on a summer evening. I remember entering my aunts' homes (had lots of aunts!) and not understanding when they said, "Oh, my house is such a mess today," and everything seemed to be in perfect order to me. I remember the first bridal shower tea to which my mother took me, thinking I might finally be mature enough to attend. I watched the rites and formalities of things like silver punch bowls, how the punch cups must be set out in a line, the pastel beauty of fragrant round mints in a cut-glass bowl, and wondering if I would ever fit into this dignified, orderly lady-like world when I felt such a tomboy at the time.

Now, thanks to Martha's book, I can re-enter that clean, polite tucked-in-with-a-kiss-at-night world where almost everyone was called Miss Flossie or Miss Rowena or Miss Callie once their hair turned white, no matter how many grandchildren they had. The final truth came to me at the age of 13 one Thanksgiving. My father entered the kitchen peopled by my mother, two of her sisters (all over 50) and a non-relative everyone just called Aunt Mac (60 or 70+ years old.) Daddy said, "How are you girls coming? Will we be eating soon?" I broke out laughing and questioned, "Girls???" The women all silently turned and glared at me while my father explained, "No matter how many birthdays a lady has, she is always a girl." Having become A Lady of a Certain Age, I can testify to the fact that I am still a girl and this book helps me re-enter, re-call and re-live that time. Thank you, Martha, for your breath of fresh air and making me wish I had paid more attention now during those teas, showers and dinners.

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Written from the perspective of a cook living in the Mississippi Delta, this book aims to depict tasty meals and a laid back lifestyle. Texas born and raised in the big city, I envy such a lifestyle even with knowing that it isn't always what it is purported to be. Pictures never capture the oppressive heat and humidity or the sheer joy of a cloud of gnats descending upon you.

The cookbook opens with a section titled "Mailbox Happy hour and Pick-up Party Food." Or, as I would call it, "appetizers and booze." Drinks made with alcohol and small finger foods guide these recipes and occasional color pictures. Little sections of commentary or background lead into these easy to make recipes along with notes (tips) on how to make items. And of course, there is the obligatory "Deviled Egg" recipe complete with paprika along with some more complicated recipes such as "Red Drum Starter" and "Inland Prawn Toast."

"Luncheons, Salads and Dressings" is the next section. Along with recipes for tasty "Chicken Salad, Frozen Cucumber Salad," and "Three Bean Salad," there are ones for "Homemade Mayonnaise" and "Pimento Cheese" spread. There are many others in this section and certainly something here is going to work for somebody.

The next section is "Gumbos, Soups, Dumplings and a Bisque." Pretty much obvious by the name what is covered in this chapter. Lots of good things here like "Seafood Gumbo, Curried Sweet Potato Soup, Monday Red Beans and Rice" and many others. The bisque is a recipe for "Belzoni Crawfish Rice and Corn" and is found on pages 84 and 85. There is even a recipe for "Turtle Soup" using the large alligator snapping turtles along with a warning about checking with your state Department of Wildlife and Fisheries regarding trapping regulations.

"Dishes From the Backyard and Kitchen" come next and involve chicken, turkey, poultry, pork in a variety of ways, steak, ribs, etc. The recipes include "Proper Fried Chicken, Double Cut Pork Chops, Blue Cheese Porterhouse" and many others. If it were me, I'd save the blue cheese for the dressing on my salad, the sour cream for my potato, and eat the steak well done without anything on it. That is after cooking it over a wood fire under a blue Texas sky next to a lake. But, that is just me.

The book then moves on to sides and these aren't simple mashed potatoes, or string beans with a dollop of butter. In "Field Peas, Greens, Sides and the Like" the recipes are for things like "Crumb Cauliflower " (which just might make the stuff edible) "Green Chile Rice, Succotash, Corn and Red Pepper Pudding" along with many more. And yes, there is the obligatory sweet potato recipe.

"Hot From the Oven" should have been titled "Biscuits and More" or something straight forward along that line. The recipes cover various items such as "Apron String Biscuits" (with Red-Eye Gravy or Tomato Gravy) Sweet Potato Biscuits, Blue Cheese Pecan Bread, Delta Cream Doughnuts" and many others. Just looking at the pictures of these items can cause your waistband to spontaneously expand.

The next chapter "The Sweetest Things" doesn't help that at all. Deserts such as "Banana Pudding, Lemon Icebox Pie" (my grandmother recipe was and is better), "Silent Shade Cobbler" and numerous others are covered and include recipes for sherbet and ice cream.

This 284 page delectable cookbook closes with an index and author acknowledgement. It is a book filled with numerous color photographs, many of the area and not of the food, good recipes, plenty of tips and information and a liberal dash of humor.

My only quibble with this book is the lack of dietary information. There is nothing in this book about salt content, fat grams, or any of the rest of it. I suspect the numbers are quite high, per serving, in many cases but the book doesn't address that in any way. Considering the increasing obesity epidemic and growing media attention to health issues, this very good book would have been markedly better if that information had been included.



Kevin R. Tipple (copyright) 2009

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I actually bought this book to support Martha and the local bookstore in my hometown of Greenwood, Ms. Thinking it was just another cookbook to add to my collection...Wow, What great stories and the recipes are awesome..I had been looking for a good egg and olive sandwich and pimiento and cheese,
No more, found it in this delicious cookbook..Can't wait to try other recipes. This book has inspired me to get back to cooking...I suggest that anyone that wants a cookbook, you can actually use and enjoy....Don't miss this one!!!!....5 thumbs up..

Thank you Martha.
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Screen doors and Sweet Tea won the 2009 James Beard Foundation Awards in New York on May 4, 2009 for cookbooks in the American cooking catageory. Of course I didn't need the James Beard Foundation Award to purchase this wonderful book

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I am not one to write reviews on books, but after purchasing, reading, and cooking some of the recipes in this book, I had to put in my two cents worth. This is one of the best- if not the best cookbook on Southern cooking I have read in a long time. I am an avid cookbook collector, and the owner of a cafe in Arkansas. Not only are the recipes fantastic, but the stories and pictures make it all the more enjoyable. If you cook one thing out of this book, you must try the Lemon Icebox Pie. This is one of the best pie recipes I have made. I can't wait to try the banana pudding in the mason jars. If I could, I would give this cookbook 10 stars!

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Apricot Rice Salad, Watermelon Salsa, new fashion Cabbage Rolls plus a few concotions with burbon that you haven't thought of yet, its all in here. The author treats the reader with a small story about how the recipie came about, that reads like a book. All in all, the cookbook is delightful and the recipies will be your new old favorites. I have family on the west coast that I'm buying another copy to give to them, the recipies are delicious and so are the stories of how they got concocted. The author trained in france but this is her honest to goodness southern recipies, with a twist that makes them new again. Delightful.

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Martha Hall Foose's "Screen Doors and Sweet Tea" is a lovely look at Southern culture and its cuisine. Many of the recipes are linked to Mississippi and Louisiana, but most are common across the South (okra, fried chicken, cheese straws, pot likker greens, cornbread). Each recipe is prefaced by a short story about its origins, full of reminiscences and funny stories. There are also helpful notes along the margins regarding possible variations and alternate ingredients.

The appetizer section "Mailbox Happy Hour" includes some lovely cool summer drink ideas (McCarty Pottery Juleps, Mailbox Cocktail, Milk Punch, Cantaloupe Daiquiris) along with nonalcoholic counterparts (Blackberry Limeade, Cherry-Vanilla Cream Soda) and munchies (Roasted Pecans, Buttermilk Bacon Pralines, Yazoo Cheese Straws, Sold My Soul to the Devil-ed Eggs). In addition to old-time favorites like pimiento cheese, you'll also find ethnic-inspired gems like the Apricot Rice Salad and Tabbouleh that are directly linked to Lebanese and Syrian immigration to the South.

There are also several variations on gumbo, various chicken dishes (fried, chicken pot pie, chicken and dumplings), pork (chops, glazed ham, Chinese Grocery Pork), beef (Country-Fried Steak, Midnight Brisket, Chile Lime Skirt Steak), and seafood, rounded out with tasty vegetable sides. Breads and rolls merit a chapter, and desserts include Sweet Tea Pie, Banana Pudding, Dewberry Dumplings, cobbler, fudge squares, and several cakes.

The recipes themselves are easy to follow and clearly laid out. There are numerous gorgeous photographs of finished recipes, but no nutritional info. This is a lovely addition to any cookbook collection, particularly those who enjoy collecting regional cookbooks, and the recipes will take you back to a simpler, more genteel era.

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