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Make Do with What You Have: 100 Delicious New Recipes from Favorite Old-School Meals

by Kardea Brown

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Old-school meals, reworked for everyday cooking

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Old-school meals, reworked for everyday cooking

Kardea Brown’s cookbook builds its recipe collection around childhood favorites and the practical idea of cooking with familiar kitchen staples. More than 100 recipes span breakfast, lunch, dinner, and dessert, with examples ranging from Geechee Egg Rice and tuna melts to Chicken Mafe and lemon snowball cookies. The selection brings Southern and cultural food references into an all-day format, while the title’s emphasis on making do points to resourceful home cooking. More than 100 color photographs accompany the recipes.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Home cooks interested in Southern and regional American cooking
  • Cooks seeking recipe ideas across breakfast, lunch, dinner, and dessert
  • Readers who enjoy updated takes on old-school meals and childhood favorites

Themes

Resourceful home cookingChildhood food memoriesSouthern and regional American cuisineEveryday meals across the day

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Book overview

The New York Times bestselling author of The Way Home returns with over 100 fabulous recipes--delicious updates of her favorite childhood meals.

From Kardea Brown: Growing up in a household with a single parent taught me how to make use of things we already had. She made gourmet meals with simple kitchen staples. I invite readers to do the same with my twist on Old School Classic recipes.

Kardea Brown is back with this practical and flavorful cookbook everyone needs. Offering crowd and palate pleasing dishes from morning to noon, and night.

SAMPLES

Breakfast

Break the fast with Geechee Egg Rice, Sausage and Grits and On the Run Breakfast Sandwiches.

Lunch

Dig intoTurkey Burgers, Tuna Melts, and Ramen Chicken Noddle Soup.

Dinner

Welcome friends and family home with filling, mouthwatering dishes like Grilled "Poke" Chops, Chicken Mafe and "The Poor Man's Meal".

Desserts

Sweeten meals with delights such as Ma's goodie bars, Warm Sticky Apple Pudding and Lemon Snowball Cookies.

Filled with inviting and tasty food that won't break the bank, illustrated with over 100 color photos, Make Do with What You Have allows you to enjoy great meals every day.

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