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Title: Puttin' on the Grits

Subtitle: A Guide to Southern Entertaining (Unabridged Selections)

Author: Deborah Ford

Narrator: Deborah Ford

Format: Unabridged

Length: 3 hrs and 53 mins

Language: English

Release date: 04-22-05

Publisher: Penguin Audio

Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 12 votes

Genres: Self Development, How-To

Publisher's Summary:

Family and friends are the center of life in the South, and kitchens the center of Southern homes, so there is no better way to celebrate Southern traditions than a book on entertaining. From the heartfelt love in Grandma's dumplings to the stomping good fun at a hoedown, Southern entertaining is special. This audiobook will help everyone to be as gracious, warm, and entertaining as Deborah Ford herself. She can't help sharing...it's the Southern way.

Puttin' on the Grits covers all the details of hosting festivities large and small. From mint juleps to charm lessons, Deborah reveals the colorful secrets behind why Southern women are such consummate hosts and captures the famous combination of elegance and wit that has become the GRITS (Girls Raised in the South) calling card. Puttin' on the Grits even includes a discussion of how to be the kind of guest who gets invited back. Whether popping a cork or cracking open a six-pack, every hostess can now be the belle of the ball.

Members Reviews:

Threw it away!

I don't even know where to start. I bought this book to read on a trip and thought it would have good information about entertaining and maybe party ideas, recipes, etc. Let me say that I am a Southern girl through and through, but this book stereotypes Southerners and Southern girls in particular, and I did not like that. I would hate for someone to read this book and think this is how we actually behave. This type of book is what give Southern's a bad reputation. I am sure she meant for it all to be in fun, but this "pearl" girl didn't like it!

Five Stars

As described

Definitely not a great Southern Entertaining book...

I did not totally like this book. I am orginally from the North and have been in the South since 2000. The women I have met here are great. They are warm, traditional, Christian-minded and hard working! This book made them look like flakes and somewhat unintelligent. I bought this book since my husband is Southern and I wanted to really be able to provide him with great southern cooking and entertaining. Some of the information was useful...but anyone could have gotten the information from any other Southern entertainment book. Some parts of the book were amusing and even some of the recipes were interesing. But overall this book wasn't a great book.

My Life w/Pearls and all

I was born and raised in Philadelphia Pa. in a southern household. My Mom was from N.Carolina, my Dad from S. Carolina. I was a misplaced Pearl girl who spent every summer in the South and the winters in my own little southern world in the north. I am a Pearl girl and my daughters have been raised in that tradition. The book was my life. It brought back my family and my young life. I recently re-read the book and loved it even more the second time around. I purchased on for each daughter so they would know how lucky they are to be PEARL GIRLS.

Five Stars

perfect for a southern girl