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From: Boomer, NC USA

Joined: January 3rd, 2010

About me: I collect cookbooks and love to cook and try new recipes. I tested recipes for Leite's Culinaria for almost eight years. I learned to cook from many good southern cooks including my Mom, Dad, several Aunts and my Grandmothers. My children and husband also like to cook and try new foods and recipes. My son still lives with us but our daughter is married. She often visits to cook with me. We are adventuresome eaters willing to try new things.

Bourbon Roasted Pork Loin from Everyday Dorie: The Way I Cook

This was delicious. I know she says in the book not to use the good bourbon but all I had was Woodford Reserve so that's what I used. I marinated for about 8 hours in fridge. Loved the apples and onions... read more >

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From Our Home to Yours

By Lisa Lofton Shively
Lisa Shively Cookbooks - 2007

This is one of the books I got at the Southern Women's Show in Charlotte, NC last September. Lisa autographed it for me while I was there. This is her first cookbook.

It's filled with down home, southern, country cooking. Lisa was born in Georgia but moved to NC where she grew up. She has also lived in Florida, Washington, DC and all over NC. She now lives in Eden, NC close to where she grew up.

She does use some convince products in some of her recipes. She includes recipes for main dishes, desserts, salads, appetizers, breads and soups. Lisa also shares some of her tips at the beginning of the book. This is a revised edition and she includes notes and sometimes stories along with the recipes. She said she learned that people who enjoy her cookbooks also enjoy the stories she sometimes included ,so she does that more often with her newer cookbooks.