Welcome to Litsy!

#Mtcookbook Meatballs & BBQ sauce compliments of Tipton- Martin. 😋

I don‘t generally like commercial sauce because it sooooo sweet. The beauty of homemade is I can tone the sugar down.

I wouldn‘t be surprised if this cookbook turns out to be my favorite this year. I have several pages tabbed.

#Mtcookbook Hubby chose chili & cornbread for his Bday dinner. Trying out this skillet cornbread from Jubilee, which is a remarkably beautiful & informative book.

“Asking a Southern cook whether sugar belongs in cornbread is like pouring gasoline on a smoldering fire.” 😳 Who knew?

Must be akin to the debate over beans in chili. I‘m most definitely in the bean camp - in fact I prefer all beans!

Once again, I wish I could waft the aroma of these beans into Litsy! 😋

Grilled chicken & baked beans tonight.

These two are “helping” me pick out a shrimp & grits recipe. I have several to choose from - it appears to be one of those dishes each cook/family has a variation on. 😋

We‘re going to pair it tonight with one of our favorite movies, My Cousin Vinny. Joe Pesci: “What is a grit anyways?” 🤣🤣

https://www.google.com/search?q=joe+pesci+grit&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&hl=en-us&client...

Here are a few suggestions I have on my cookbook shelf. Anything look appetizing? #LPMC

I absolutely love cookbooks and this was a good one. Loved the variety and the little tidbits about where the recipes came from. Renewed the library copy a couple times before splurging on my own copy. Know I‘ll use this one a lot.

Hey #pennyperpage peeps! Making sure I‘m not cheating here. This week I bought a cookbook (which I‘m not counting cookbooks, they‘re different), and then got two of the other books and part of the third with B&N gift cards. Then I told my husband I get one book for every $200 he spends I get a book, so that should count for the rest of the third book. Right? I‘m all even with this order? (I‘m trying to be good.)

Toni Tipton-Martin is kicking off the culinary track of the Decatur Book Festival this evening (6:30 pm EDT) she is hosting a series of talks with African-American chefs (and one mixologist) during the month. I loved her earlier book The Jemima Code. This cookbook expands upon that book and modernizes historical recipes.

https://www.crowdcast.io/e/ajc-dbf-2020-cooknote-jubilee-talks-toni-tipton-marti...

A very wonderful box of loveliness. The books are amazing - Ive really been coveting this cookbook & it looks AHMaaaaZING... I cant wait to dig in & start experimenting with new flavours. The novels are great - im going to start the Morrison this afternoon! The minty themed goodies are so thoughtful - love the hand cream and lip balm. Thank you so so so much @jenniferw88

#BHMSwap #BlitsyHistoryMonthSwap #BlitsyHistoryMonth #BlitsySwap

I decided to spend gift cards on cookbooks. In order for me to purchase, they have to meet a sticky tab threshold - I found myself tagging every other recipe in the books I checked out from the library. 😋

A cookbook of American southern foods. Some good basics (I am going to try the biscuits) and some things that sounded interesting but I don‘t want to eat at all. Overall good pictures.

One more pic! I wish I had this in front of me now.....😋

💫💫💫💫💫 This cookbook was obviously a labor of love. Highly informative and mouthwatering! I thought it was going to be a coffee table picture book, but no, there are many accessible recipes that I really want to try. Like the above, Chile-Pecan sauce for roast poultry (or anything else for that matter). I would rather not have the drink & dessert sections, but that isn‘t a criticism. Definitely not suitable for vegetarian cooking.