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"From the time I was a little girl, I knew there were two things in this
world I wanted to do: sing and cook." So says singer-diva Patti LaBelle,
whose first cookbook, LaBelle Cuisine, confirms her passion for good
food and her skill at producing it. A truly devoted cook (she travels with
pans and hot-sauce stashes), LaBelle offers more than 100 recipes in the
great Southern soul-food tradition--homey dishes such as Say-My-Name
Smothered Chicken and Aunt Hattie's Scrumptious Sweet Potato Bread.
LaBelle fans and those seeking simple yet savory fare for everyday and
casual entertaining will relish the book.
In chapters including "Sensational Salads," "Soups and Sandwiches,"
"Perfect Poultry," and "To-Die-For Desserts and Bread," LaBelle
weaves easy-to-do recipes with warm food reminiscences. Whether
describing a backstage barbecue resulting in a building-wide fire alert,
her
undying love of canned sardines, or the soulful Sunday dinners of her
youth, LaBelle's voice is, as ever, memorably her own. The recipes,
many of which include tips called Patti's Pointers, represent not only
a
personal culinary heritage, but also a kind of cooking in danger of
dissolution. LaBelle's Over-the-Rainbow Macaroni and Cheese, among
other recipes, should remind readers that that heritage is alive, well,
and
in very good hands. --Arthur Boehm
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Book Description
"From the time I was a little girl, I knew there were two things in this
world I was born to do: sing and cook. I've spent my life developing my
voice and my recipes, and to tell you the truth, I'm hard pressed to say
where I'm happiest--in concert or in the kitchen, making music or making
meals."
For Patti, cooking is about love. Taught by the great Southern cooks in
her family--her mother, father, and aunts Hattie Mae and Joshia
Mae--Patti LaBelle has kept these family heirlooms close to her heart.
But now, she invites you into her kitchen and serves up more than 100 of
her favorite recipes, from treasured down-home
favorites--Say-My-Name Smothered Chicken and Gravy, Fierce Fried
Corn, and Aunt Hattie's Scrumptious Sweet Tater Bread--to
good-enough-for-dinner-parties dishes--Shrimp Etouffée, Roast Leg
of
Lamb with Rosemary-Lemon Rub, and Aunt Mary's Philadelphia
Buttercake.
Wherever Patti goes, so do her electric frying pans and bottles of hot
sauce. After her raise-the-roof shows, she often goes back to her hotel
room and whips up a meal for her band or celebrity visitors. When she's
home--at holiday time and at family gatherings--or just after one of her
sold-out concert tours, Patti likes nothing more than to head for her
kitchen and cook her Geechee Geechee Ya Ya Gumbo, Pass-It-On Pot
Roast, or Burnin' Babyback Ribs. And like her bestselling memoir, Don't
Block the Blessings, her accompanying personal reminiscences will fill
your heart just as her recipes will fill your stomach.
Patti LaBelle's LaBelle Cuisine has the recipes you'll want to cook, eat,
and share with friends. Filled with the legendary diva's favorite dishes
and
step-by-step instructions on how to prepare them, LaBelle Cuisine
makes you feel like Patti's in the kitchen with you, demonstrating the
recipes and techniques that can turn anybody into a fabulous cook
.
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From the Back Cover
Praise for LaBelle Cuisine:
"She can cook!"
--Bill Cosby
"Voulez-vous mangez avec moi ce soir? Oui! Oui!"
--Cyndi Lauper
"Patti is one of those great women: warm, accessible, and talented. This
book is filled with wonderful anecdotes, making you feel like you're part
of the family. The food is so good it makes you want to say, 'Hey, Patti,
how about inviting me over for dinner?' Maybe Geechee Geechee Ya Ya
Gumbo! YUM!"
--Suzanne Somers
About the Author
Patti LaBelle has garnered three Emmy nominations, ten Grammy
nominations, and the 1992 Grammy Award for Best R&B Vocal
performance. Her award-winning autobiography, Don't Block the
Blessings, was a New York Times bestseller. Throughout her career,
"the high priestess of good vibrations," as the New York Times called
her, has won admiration not only for her music but also for her tireless
charity work and devotion to her fans. She lives with her husband in
Philadelphia.
Laura B. Randolph is a journalist and lawyer. She coauthored Don't
Block the Blessings, which won the NAACP Image Award for
Outstanding Literary Work and was voted the Blackboard:
African-American Bestseller List Book of the Year. She lives in
Washington, D.C.
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