Fannie Flagg's Original Whistle Stop Cafe Cookbook - (Paperback)

About the Book

After the tremendous success of Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe, Fannie Flagg received thousands of requests for recipes from the restaurant of her Alabama childhood that was the model for the eatery in her novel. Now, she joyfully shares over 150 of these recipes in a cookbook of hearty Southern dishes that readers are sure to love. Photos & illustrations.

Book Synopsis

The beloved author of Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe presents more than 150 delectable recipes from the café that inspired her bestselling novel.

"[Fannie Flagg's Original Whistle Stop Cafe Cookbook] will make for some mighty fine eating."--Fort Worth Star-Telegram

"No matter where you come from, East or West, North or South, and no matter if your cafe was called the Whistle Stop, the Busy Bee, the Melrose Diner, or the Chatter Box, close your eyes, forget your troubles, and come on back home with me for just a little while. . . ."

After the tremendous success of Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe and the hit movie that followed, Fannie Flagg received thousands of requests from all over the world asking for recipes from the little café of her Alabama childhood that was the inspiration for the cafe in her novel.

Now she joyfully shares those recipes in what may well be the first cookbook ever written by a satisfied customer rather than a cook! In Fannie Flagg's Original Whistle Stop Cafe Cookbook, you'll find over 150 wonderful recipes for:

- Fried Green Tomatoes
- Skinless Fried Chicken
- Pork Chops with Apples and Sweet Potatoes
- Baked Ham and Pineapple Rings
- Southern Cream Gravy
- Fried Catfish
- Lemon Ice Box Pie
- And much more!

These delicious, hearty meals are the ultimate comfort food. But most of all, this food, and this cookbook, come imbued with love.

About the Author

Fannie Flagg's career started in the fifth grade when she wrote, directed, and starred in her first play, titled The Whoopee Girls, and she has not stopped since. At age nineteen she began writing and producing television specials, and later wrote for and appeared on Candid Camera. She then went on to distinguish herself as an actress and a writer in television, films, and the theater. She is the bestselling author of Daisy Fay and the Miracle Man; Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe; Welcome to the World, Baby Girl!; Standing in the Rainbow; A Redbird Christmas; Can't Wait to Get to Heaven; I Still Dream About You; The All-Girl Filling Station's Last Reunion; and The Whole Town's Talking. Flagg's script for the movie Fried Green Tomatoes was nominated for an Academy Award and the Writers Guild of America Award and won the highly regarded Scripter Award for best screenplay of the year. Fannie Flagg is the winner of the Harper Lee Prize. She lives happily in California and Alabama.