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Book SynopsisIn From Storebought to Homemade, Southern hostess extraordinaire, Emyl Jenkins, shares her top secret collection of 200 fast, foolproof recipes — most can be prepared in 30 minutes or less — for doctoring up storebought food: from Tell Me It's Homemade Clam Chowder and Everybody's Mother's Pork Chop Casserole to No-Fail Potatoes and Old-Fashioned Lemon Chess Pie. Your family and friends will think you slaved over a hot stove all day! Chapters include: § Menus that Work: From Family Dinners to Formal Dinner Parties § Appetizers and Hors d'oeuvres: They Aren't Just for Cocktail Parties § Soups: …du Jour, or Anytime § Easy Entrees: Time-Saving and Timeless Main Courses § Salads, Vegetables, Potatoes, and Rice: Accompaniments that Make Your Entrees Sing § All-in-One Meals: Dishes that Save the Day and the Dinner § Zippy Breads: No-Kneading Needed Breads § Fabulous Finales: Well-Deserved Desserts § Brunch for the Bunch: Bringing Back the Tradition
Trade Review...this handy guide will ease you in and out of the kitchen with enough energy left over to actually enjoy eating dinner with the family! -- Rosemary Black * New York Daily News *
If you're looking for a way to put a meal on the table without putting in hours over the stove, this cookbook will satisfy. -- Emyl Jenkins * Arizona Republic *
"The book's time-saving strategies, are useful and easy to follow... All told, this handy guide will ease you in and out of the kitchen with enough energy left to actually enjoy eating dinner with the family!" * Daily News *
