Paula Deen's Southern Cooking Bible- Paula Deen with Melissa Clark

This afternoon I sat down with Paula Deen's most recent cookbook, Paula Deen's Southern Cooking Bible. Though Paula is known for the large quantities of butter she uses in her recipes, I found a wide variety of recipes in this book which of course included all of the southern staples from fried okra and potato salad to Texas-style chili to coconut cake. Each recipe includes a few lines of introduction about the significance of the recipe and a tip about how to best prepare it. The same down-home conversational tone which Paula Deen fans love is used throughout the cookbook and while a little syrupy for my taste, "y'all" might love it. If you're looking to pick up some southern cooking basics, this would be a great place to start, and if you're looking to expand your repertoire, you're sure to find a new something buttered, covered or fried in this cookbook. I photocopied a few recipes to try when I get time.