Mama Dip's Family Cookbook - by Mildred Council

About the Book

This sequel to Mildred "Mama Dip" Council's bestselling first book emphasizes the importance of family and community. Among the more than 300 recipes are recipes and tips that are specially suited for parties, reunions, and other large gatherings.

Book Synopsis

In this much-anticipated follow-up to her bestselling Mama Dip's Kitchen, Mildred "Mama Dip" Council serves up an abundance of new recipes for home-style Southern cooking that is sure to please. From catfish gumbo to breakfast pizza and peach upside-down cake, Mama Dip's Family Cookbook offers recipes for more than three hundred dishes, including many Council family favorites. Also featured are party and celebration foods for family and community gatherings -- a reflection of Council's belief that friends and family are essential to a rewarding life. To help novice cooks, Council includes basic information about staple ingredients, kitchen utensils, and important measurements, as well as diagrams for setting up a buffet.

In a charming introductory essay, Council intertwines food-related reminiscences of her rural North Carolina upbringing with a wry recounting of her experiences since the remarkable success of her first book. With this book she passes along to new generations the practical advice and wisdom that have made her a treasure to her family and her community.

Review Quotes

"A book so full of yummy that you're in danger of adding inches and pounds just holding it."--Blue Ridge Business Journal

"A charming Tar Heel treasure."--Our State

"Celebrating the importance of family and community, Mama Dip's Family Cookbook puts the spirit of the holidays into words and on the table."--Chapel Hill Magazine

"Council continues to showcase her downhome recipes, favorites like sweet potato casserole, catfish gumbo, and honey mustard chicken breast."--Library Journal

"Council is old school South, the way your grandma used to cook--fried chicken or pork chops and pots bubbling with pork-seasoned vegetables. She calls it 'country cooking.'"--News & Observer

"Council's wit and wisdom continue to shine through as she shares memories of her own life."--MetroMagazine

"The recipes in Council's book are the kind that make [one] want to go straight to the kitchen and start cooking. . . . packed with wonderful recipes."--Wilson Daily Times

"These recipes deserve to be cooked and enjoyed in all their glory."--Appetite for Books

About the Author

Mildred Council is founder and cook of Mama Dip's Kitchen in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. She is well known and widely respected for her cooking, her charisma, and her longtime community service. In 2004, she was given the North Carolina Restaurant Association Neighbor Award for her involvement with Chapel Hill's annual Community Dinner. Her first book, Mama Dip's Kitchen, earned her thousands of new fans all over the country.