Pinner, Patty. Sweets; soul food desserts & memories.PINNER, Patty. Sweets; soul food desserts & memories. Ten Speed Press. 166p. illus. index. c2003. 1-58008-798-1. $16.95. SA Having grown up in a large African American African American Multiculture A person having origins in any of the black racial groups of Africa. See Race. family, Patty Pinner fondly remembers the rich and sugary sug·ar·y adj. sug·ar·i·er, sug·ar·i·est 1. Characterized by or containing sugar: sugary foods. 2. Tasting or looking like sugar. 3. desserts that ended each meal. Each recipe includes a description of the occasions on which each was served, and a commentary about the woman who usually prepared the dish, with many photos from her large and loving family. After reading the book introduction, chapter introductions, and recipe commentaries, one has a good sense of Pinner's loving family history. Her descriptions of the individuals featured make them come alive. Some of her special recipes are: Big Mama's 'Nana Pudding, Sister Hewlett's Sugar Cookies, Aint Bessie's Pineapple Pie, Sister Baby's Whiskey Cake, Cud'n Flossie's Walnut Wonder Cake, Cud'n Ebelle's Old-Fashioned Sugar Pie Sugar pie is a typical dessert of northern France, Belgium and Québec. It is a single crust pie made from flour, butter, salt, vanilla, and brown sugar or maple syrup (sometimes both). It is similar to American pecan pie, but without the pecans, or English Canadian butter tarts. and Make You Want To Slap Yo' Mama Blueberry blueberry, plant of the large genus Vaccinium, widely distributed shrubs (occasionally small trees) of the family Ericaceae (heath family), usually found on acid soil. They are often confused with the related huckleberry. Pie. The recipes are great and the stories are wonderful. Shirley Reis, IMC (Internet Mail Consortium, Santa Cruz, CA, www.imc.org) An industry trade association founded in 1996 by Paul Hoffman and Dave Crocker that promotes Internet e-mail standards and features. Dir., Wilson Elem. School, WI S--Recommended for senior high school students. A--Recommended for advanced students and adults. This code will help librarians and teachers working in high schools where there are honors and advanced placement students. This also will help extend KLIATT's usefulness in public libraries. |
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