Bøger af Daisy King

"From Historic St. Simons and Sea Island, Georgia" -- cover.

For twenty-five years Recipes from Miss Daisy's has been the cookbook of choice for the thousands of people who have enjoyed the warm hospitality and delicious food that were the hallmarks of Miss Daisy's Tearoom in Franklin and in the Green Hills area of Nashville, Tennessee. Now, in response to popular demand, a new edition of the ""wonderful little yellow cookbook"" has been lovingly prepared for those who have nearly worn out their well-thumbed copies as well as generations of Middle Tennesseans who will continue to enjoy it for years to come. The story of Miss Daisy's Tearoom is as interesting as the food served there. When Carter's Court in Franklin was still on the drawing board, the developers recognized the need for a place where ladies could come for lunch. When a turn-of-the-century house was moved there, people exclaimed, ""That's got to be a tearoom,"" and so it was. The restaurant moved to Green Hills in 1982, expanding to a full-service restaurant, and returning to Franklin in 1986 as Daisy's of Carter's Court. The, food in ""Recipes from Miss Daisy's is the same food that was served at the restaurants plus some more wonderful dishes that no proper Southerner could resist. Turkey Divan, Buttermilk Pie, Congealed Cucumber Salad, Sally Lunn Muffins, Creamed Chicken, Festive Cranberry Salad, Marinated Carrots, Fudge Pie, Garden Tomato Stuffed with Tearoom Tuna Salad, Miss Daisy's Beef Casserole (a favorite!), and Tomato Aspic are among the Tearoom favorites that have become classic fare for Middle Tennesseans and across the South. Updated to include serving amounts and to clarify some of the original instructions, this 25th anniversary edition of ""Recipes from Miss Daisy's willearn a well-deserved place in kitchens and on cookbook shelves everywhere.""

Famous for its rich flavor and comforting qualities, Southern food is also notorious for its high fat content and for cooking procedures that destroy nutritional value. The author of several best-selling books on Southern cooking, Daisy King fully understands the qualities that make Southern food so appealing. In Miss Daisy's Healthy Southern Cooking she applies her expertise to creating healthy versions of her famous recipes and providing healthy alternatives to many popular Southern dishes. Year after year,"" she writes, ""guests who patronized Miss Daisy's requested low-fat, low-cholesterol, and low-calorie recipes and menus. During those years I continued to develop, collect, and file recipes for a cookbook containing healthier versions of traditional Southern recipes."" Miss Daisy's Healthy Southern Cooking is filled with those recipes, and it provides ways to fine-tune a healthy lifestyle though carefully developed and tested recipes for lighter, healthier foods that really taste good. More than just a cookbook, Miss Daisy's Healthy Southern Cooking is a guide to a healthy lifestyle. Miss Daisy offers helpful hints on how to shop for groceries, plan menus, dine at restaurants, order fast food, and understand the nutrition labels mandated by the federal government. She discusses health concerns and the effects of diet on health, thus making it a revelation for everyone who wants to eat Southern and eat healthy.""

Famous for its rich flavor and comforting qualities, Southern food is also notorious for its high fat content and for cooking procedures that destroy nutritional value. The author of several best-selling books on Southern cooking, Daisy King fully understands the qualities that make Southern food so appealing. In Miss Daisy's Healthy Southern Cooking she applies her expertise to creating healthy versions of her famous recipes and providing healthy alternatives to many popular Southern dishes. "Year after year," she writes, "guests who patronized Miss Daisy's requested low-fat, low-cholesterol, and low-calorie recipes and menus. During those years I continued to develop, collect, and file recipes for a cookbook containing healthier versions of traditional Southern recipes." Miss Daisy's Healthy Southern Cooking is filled with those recipes, and it provides ways to fine-tune a healthy lifestyle though carefully developed and tested recipes for lighter, healthier foods that really taste good. More than just a cookbook, Miss Daisy's Healthy Southern Cooking is a guide to a healthy lifestyle. Miss Daisy offers helpful hints on how to shop for groceries, plan menus, dine at restaurants, order fast food, and understand the nutrition labels mandated by the federal government. She discusses health concerns and the effects of diet on health, thus making it a revelation for everyone who wants to eat Southern and eat healthy.

Traditional Southern Cooking at Its FinestIn 1978 Daisy King published a small, comb-bound cookbook called Recipes from Miss Daisy's. The book was filled with recipes from Miss Daisy's Tearoom, a place where Southern ladies and gentlemen could dine on traditional food with a Southern flair. with the cookbook in hand, anyone could recreate Miss Daisy's famous dishes—Frozen Cherry Salad, Miss Daisy's Tea Punch, Miss Daisy's Beef Casserole, Creamed Chicken over Corn Bread, Bourbon and Chocolate Pecan Pie, and others.Over the years that little green-and-yellow cookbook has gone through many printings, never being out of print. Ask anyone in Nashville if they've heard of it, and more likely than not the answer will be that not only have they heard of it, they own a dog-eared and stained copy themselves.Cumberland House is proud to present a 25th anniversary edition of Recipes from Miss Daisy's. This edition is revised to add helpful information to the recipes, but every recipe that was in the original edition is contained within. Enjoy!