Book Review:
Not Just Beans
50 years of Frugal Family Favorites
Review by Cheri Sicard
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The book:
Not Just Beans: 50 years of Frugal Family Favorites
By Tawra Jean Kellam
A closer look
Anyone browsing the array of offerings available on the shelves of
bookstores might easily overlook Tawra Jean Kellam's new publication
on frugal cooking. Like its theme, the book's appearance is
deceivingly simple and homespun, a diamond in the rough compared to
its glossy, higher budgeted competition. But those who are lured past
this humble book by the glow of the gorgeous full-color photography
on the latest treatises on Biscotti and Teacakes or Nouvelle
Pan-Asian/Eastern European fusion cuisine will have missed a
treasure.
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The first thing that surprised me about the book was its scope, it
covers nearly everything any basic modern cooking encyclopedia would,
with the addition of lots of old fashioned recipes you might not have
thought about in years. I was constantly surprised and delighted by
childhood favorites I'd long since forgotten.
Which is not to say the book isn't modern as well. You'll find
familiar staples along side creative new classics. Interspersed among
the recipes are tons of practical cooking and money saving tips, all
told with Tawra's delightful sense of humor. And should you ever
decide to take lifee in the kitchen too seriously, you'll find many
clever bits of advice to remind you otherwise. One of my favorites
is, "Life's too short to stuff a cherry tomato."
Frugal or otherwise, this is a great down home-type cookbook. If you
had to get by with just one cookbook in your kitchen -- I'm shaking at
that mere thought of that, cookbook junkie that I am -- but
hypothetically speaking, you could eat quite well with this as your
only guide.
Highly recommended.
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About the author:
Cheri Sicard is the editor of Fabulous Foods, a site offering recipes, online cooking school, celebrity chefs, travel, holidays, and more!
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