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A Treasure. Not just a cookbook. Review Date: 2007-02-20
Don't Start Your Diet NowReview Date: 2002-03-28
These recipes are for simple, comfort foods -- foods that will make you smile and reach for a second (or third) helping.
Emeril Would Call It "Food Of Love"Review Date: 2002-08-23
Dori Sanders and Her BooksReview Date: 2002-09-11
easy to use, easy to read, delicious to makeReview Date: 2002-08-19
I gave myself a sample of my first homemade cobbler and all I can say is this- I never liked peach cobbler until I made Dori's cobbler. I love it now. I ran out and bought Dori's cookbook right afterwards.
The recipes presented in Dori's book are all relatively easy to make. It's southern cooking made non-southerner friendly. I come from an Asian background and my husband's and I are both from California, so we're the sorts that don't know what Creole is, and the only icon we can name of southern cooking is Emeril Lagasse.
This cookbook has been a dream, though. It's absolutely delightful! As another commenter noted, don't start your diet now. This is comfort food, very delicious soulful food. Like I mentioned with the peach cobbler, I'm not a big dessert fan and I never liked anything that resembled fruit pie, but oh my goodness, I downed four servings of that cobbler until I couldn't eat anymore. I've been trying to make all her recipes, finding occasions that would best match them, and all of them have come out better than I expected. It's truly a wonderful cookbook when you can't wait to try making something new from it because you've had such delightful experiences with all the past recipes.
Cooking is a joy with this book, and you don't have to be an experienced cook to enjoy making these recipes. Mothers, girlfriends, wives, husbands, sons, and fathers, if you're looking for good recipes that'll make quality food that'll wow your family, give this cookbook a try. If you're looking for a few recipes to try before making the commitment of buying this book, Food Network's webpage offers free recipes Dori shared with Sara Moulton during her guest appearance on Cooking Live. Give it a try, and I'll bet you'll be back for more!


Chronicles of human drama and African identityReview Date: 2008-07-17
However, it is neither monotonous nor depressing.
In fact, it was necessary to do so, because the book did clearly explain the political factors and social rules of an influential white society that has forged the irrevocable fate of slaves.
After reading the book, one might wonder what decisive role, did the Africans in Africa play in the slave trade?
The book also addresses the issue of the effects of religion on African slaves brought to the United States.
It is fascinating to read about how ethnic African traditions and deep rooted religious beliefs got mixed up with the teachings of a White Church in America.
We see here two divergent Christianities: A white Christianity and a black Christianity.
Equally fascinating is how African slaves tried to preserve their ethnic language, traditions and way of life, later to adopt a new form of linguistic expression stranger and incoherent to both the American white society and the oppressed black community.
The book is a chronicle of the human drama and social conflict; a conflict that one day will explode to create a new identity for African American in a capitalistic and threatening society.
Excellent!Review Date: 2006-03-08
Excellent and Highly Educational!Review Date: 2007-03-07
Early on the Africans were well aware of their ethnic identities, but over time, they were forgotten, and a new people emerged. Now this took generations. It was a slow and torturous process.
If you want to educate yourself about black folks in America and where they came from, and how they evolved, read this book.
Opening a new door to our history and our struggleReview Date: 2006-12-07
Contrary to many popular assumptions, Gomez shows that in colonial and early independent America slave holders and slaves were quite aware of the different African cultures and ethnicities represented among the enslaved. Trade patterns, affinities of slave buyers for certain types of ethnicities, beliefs that some peoples were good for some tasks, others for others, led to many concentrations of slaves from the same culture and language groups in colonial America. This ensured that Africans in American tended to preserve very much of their native cultures, religions, and outlooks.
Indeed, Gomez illustrates that in language and religion large sections of the African American people in becoming retained their African religion, and at first retained their African languages, and then began our own African American language (Black English) precisely because the context of the dominant culture and its language and religion were hostile to the human dignity of Africans in America and their descendants.
Gomez's solid research and clear evaluation of massive amounts of original sources upsets many ideas on African American history that were assumptions and not facts. One of the most important is the lateness and difficulty that Christianity had in gaining seizable conversions among Africans in America and their descendants. He suggests that only by the time of the Civil War were African Americans substantially Christian. Gomez demonstrates that except for an overly assimilationist minority among "freed" slaves, Christianity only caught on where African religeous practices were mixed into it. More importantly, Gomez explains the reason for the final victory of Christianity is that it could be manipulated to provide a rationale and hope of liberation from racism and oppression both metaphysical and physical, that the individual African religions could not provide. Gomez illustrates that what occured was the development of an African American religion, rather than the adoption of a European religion.
In the process, the reader will learn new and more accurate views of whence and when Africans were brought to America during the period of slavery. The reader will learn the general political and religious outlooks of the different major groups of Africans who came here. The reader will learn a survey of the historical, economic, and political upheavals in AFrica wrought by the slave trade.
This is a serious and important book, written at the highest level of scholarship. Thus, it is sometimes not easy reading and certainly is not written as a popular entertainment. Yet, even the casual reader who sticks with this book and turns to Gomez's notes and bibliographic material for more to read will be vastly rewarded.
A must readReview Date: 2000-10-29

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Good ReadReview Date: 2007-03-02
A book about Charter FishingReview Date: 2006-04-29
Well worth the time to read.
A warm first-person survey which at times reads with the quiet drama of fiction.Review Date: 2007-01-07
Diane C. Donovan
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Makes me want to moveReview Date: 2006-08-17
Hatteras Blues touches the heart of what it means to love the seaReview Date: 2006-08-09

Prelude to the Civil WarReview Date: 2008-08-06
Now, over 30 years later, I have taken the book from my shelf, dusted it off, and actually read it cover-to-cover.
I am happy to report that it is a wonderful study of the period that clarifies the motivations behind the complex series of actions and reactions of those who lived through it.
At the same time I am extremely sad to report that it would have been a great read when I was twenty ... better later than never certainly applies here!
Still the best work on NullificationReview Date: 2008-06-17
South Carolina Starts the WarReview Date: 2008-03-27
It seems that there was just not enough to keep these people from fighting. If it was not one thing it was another. This is the story of how South Carolina almost seceded from the Union alone in the 1830's. For some reason, that was not really clear to the participants, as well as me, why citizens of South Carolina got bothered by a tariff instituted by the federal government. There was some real problem with the slaves and the issue of freedom, and that got blown out of proportion by the fear of slave insurrection violence. There were some interesting sidelights to this story. It was a part of this argument in Congress that the famous Webster-Haynes slavery debate took place. It was also noted that slave owners understood Independence Day celebrations were not for everyone and they were troubled by trying to get the slaves to work (like it is any easier to get wage slaves to work either) and by the violence they sometimes used on them.
The problem that I saw through this book was the lack of adventure or other use of the energy the rich youth had: they were spoiling for a fight; as well as getting others to allow them (South Carolinians)to be themselves.
Early Stages of the Civil WarReview Date: 2007-06-02
Why is this book important? First, it is written by the foremost historian of 19th century America. Second, while giving credence to the economic issues that covered the real causes of war, Dr. Freehling decimates the theory that the war was mainly a struggle over two unique economies and the support of states' rights. He shows clearly the real issue at hand was the threatened squeeze on the future of slavery. Third and most important the book gives us much to rethink in our evaluations and conceptions, offered in scholarly but very readable prose for which the author has become famous.
Put simply, if anyone is interested in American history and knows the author this book is a must have. No one who reads William W. Freehling wastes time or energy reading his work.
Slow but excellent readReview Date: 2004-06-28
With Ronald Reagan's passing, discussions turned again to our "best" or "great" presidents. Andrew Jackson's name is frequently included among our Top Ten by most historians, yet very few of us could say why he deserves to be so highly regarded. In books like this, we can see why. He is not what I would consider to be a likable man and definitely comes across as somewhat tyrannical (not just in this book), but one has to admit after reading this book that he handled the Nullification Crisis and its aftermath very deftly with a clear vision and objective: that allegiance to the Union comes first and preservation of the Union is paramount. He laid the groundwork for Lincoln's management of the Civil War, some 25-30 years later.
The book is well-annotated and, though more than 35 years old is still relevant in its ideas and also in the sources it directs us to for further reading.

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Charlie is a classic story... and a classy horse!Review Date: 2006-09-16
I think I enjoy reading Five O'Clock Charlie as much as they enjoy hearing it read to them!
Best book I read when I was young!Review Date: 2006-02-11
Such a favorite it causes argumentsReview Date: 2005-10-11
My favorite childhood bookReview Date: 2003-11-20
Charlie finds he can do something important.Review Date: 1998-08-06

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Poignant, funny, and heartbreaking, all at the same time.Review Date: 2007-08-07
The book is written in the first person by someone other than the central character, and the storyteller was a very kind and gentle soul. He was basically a wonderful human being, and someone I would love to have known. I actually liked him much more than Jenny Dorset.
Just one thing: I don't understand why the book jacket shows a brunette of only average looks. Obviously the artist didn't read the book - it clearly mentions, and many times, that Jenny was uncommonly beautiful, and had golden-blonde hair...
Humor and Wit, just a DELIGHT to read!! Excellent!!Review Date: 2004-08-06
Funny novelReview Date: 2000-05-24
Humor and Wisdom of a by gone eraReview Date: 2001-08-10
History coupled with charming witReview Date: 2001-05-29
More notably is the method in which Williams characterizes each member of the families involved in the story's plot - from the dueling heads, Mr. Dorset and Mr. Smythe, to Old Bob in his amusing stages of senility, and the ostentatious Jenny Dorset herself.
The reader will undoubtedly find the rich story line is highly entertaining, and written in a very lively manner. The tale is penned from the perspective of Henry Hawthorne, the Dorset's discerning and subdued family man servant. Hawthorne patiently abides by the family's somewhat eccentric and unruly lifestyle, and writes about his experiences first-hand, in memoir-like style.
Indeed, this novel is a great story-tellers' delight! The True & Authentic History of Jenny Dorset manifests very engaging humour with every flip of a page - more than once have I been in the throws of violent chuckles over it's whimsical comments and situations. It has quickly grown to be one of my favorites. I highly recommend it.

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low country cookingReview Date: 2007-10-10
Wonderful Country CookingReview Date: 2007-03-11
easy and awesomeReview Date: 2006-06-19
Ms. Robinson ALWAYS washes her greens in WARM water,Review Date: 2006-09-17
Thank you, Ms. Robinson.
Purchased as a gift.Review Date: 2005-08-12

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Informative and Entertaining Guide to South CarolinaReview Date: 2000-01-20
I wasn't disappointed... extremely helpfulReview Date: 2006-10-16
Sigalas knows what we wantReview Date: 2006-02-13
Myrtle Beach
Historic plantations and houses
Small town getaways
Food
That's what you get here. It's very well done and irreverent, sometimes humorously so. There's enough sophistication to this guide to keep amateur historians and architects happy, but it is by no means a complete catalog of historic landmarks and locations. Rather, we're really talking about the highlights. The thing I like most about this guide is its attention to small towns off the beaten path which make for pleasant discoveries. It encourages you to find the time for places like York, Georgetown and Camden, for example. The thing I like least about it is its very summary coverage of the State's greatest place, Charleston. While Sigalas does a lovely spread of Columbia, he concentrates his attention on the far south-eastern tip of the peninsula in Charleston. Forgivable, I'd say, since there are many, many resources that cover Charleston more thoroughly.
Enjoying this Book!Review Date: 2000-05-05
Practical and Very FunnyReview Date: 2000-04-21

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Hunting Midnight.Review Date: 2005-07-20
Delightful, wise, and elegantReview Date: 2003-07-04
A MASTERPIECEReview Date: 2003-07-03
A Great Read of Almost-Epic ProportionsReview Date: 2003-09-11
Because it contains a wide range of ingredients - a South African Bushman, a Scottish winegrower in Portugal, South Carolina slaves, child abuse, characters' artistic pursuits, Beethoven, reverence for nature - it is perhaps more universal in its appeal than the first book.
But it also has its Jewish (and Kulanu) components, such as the narrator's discovery that he is descended from Jews, and the occurrence of an anti-Jewish pogrom in Porto.
The author writes skillfully as the voice of the young Scottish-Portuguese half-Jew as well as that of a slave girl in the American South. He also imparts a seemingly deep knowledge of Bushman belief and culture, in addition to snatches of Portuguese and Hebrew, and departures into Jewish philosophy and Scottish song and literature. The story-telling style is tight, with straightforward prose that builds up tension and suspense effectively.
These disparate elements might seem a bit too much, but it all works well together, and Hunting Midnight is a great read of almost-epic proportions. While The Last Kabbalist was also a mesmerizing, suspenseful experience, it was more parochial. The first novel was a best-seller in Portugal and did well internationally. The second novel, being truly universal, may well do even better.
Delightful, wise, and elegantReview Date: 2003-07-04

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Jimmy Black's Tales from the Tar HeelsReview Date: 2008-05-12
great for nostalgiaReview Date: 2007-12-21
Another gem for Tar Heel fans everywhere!Review Date: 2007-04-20
How 'bout dem Heels!Review Date: 2007-03-24
Scott Fowler's (of Charlotte Observer fame) writing is the best. Jimmy "Bossman" Black proves he can write as well as he can lead a championship team.
How 'bout dem Heels, they are the NATIONAL CHAMPIONS!
The Year of the Tar HeelsReview Date: 2007-03-17
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