Sweetie Pie's Cookbook: Soulful Southern Recipes, from My Family to Yours
Robbie Montgomery · Tim Norman
Oct 2015 · HarperCollins
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The star of the OWN reality television show Welcome to Sweetie Pie’s shares recipes from her renowned soul food restaurant and the lessons she’s learned.
Growing up in Mississippi and St. Louis, Robbie Montgomery, the oldest of nine children, was often responsible for putting meals on the family table. Working side by side with her mother in their St. Louis kitchen, Robbie learned to prepare dozens of classic soul food dishes.
Now, at seventy-two, Miss Robbie passes down those traditions for generations of fans to enjoy in Sweetie Pie’s Cookbook. Robbie takes you into the kitchen to prepare her most favored meals—smothered pork chops, salmon croquettes, baked chicken—and tells you heartfelt and humorous stories, including amazing tales from her life at the restaurant and on the road as a back-up singer. Miss Robbie began her culinary career on the road—in the segregated America of the1960s, finding welcoming restaurants in small cities and towns was often challenging for African-Americans. When a collapsed lung prematurely ended her singing career, Miss Robbie returned to St. Louis, using her formidable cooking talent to open a soul food restaurant that would make her legend.
Through her show and this special cookbook, Miss Robbie hopes to maintain the place of soul food cooking—its recipes, history, and legacy—in American culture for decades to come.
Sweetie Pie’s Cookbook includes 75–100 gorgeous color photos and an Index.
“Gives new meaning to soul food . . . sumptuous.” —Essence
Growing up in Mississippi and St. Louis, Robbie Montgomery, the oldest of nine children, was often responsible for putting meals on the family table. Working side by side with her mother in their St. Louis kitchen, Robbie learned to prepare dozens of classic soul food dishes.
Now, at seventy-two, Miss Robbie passes down those traditions for generations of fans to enjoy in Sweetie Pie’s Cookbook. Robbie takes you into the kitchen to prepare her most favored meals—smothered pork chops, salmon croquettes, baked chicken—and tells you heartfelt and humorous stories, including amazing tales from her life at the restaurant and on the road as a back-up singer. Miss Robbie began her culinary career on the road—in the segregated America of the1960s, finding welcoming restaurants in small cities and towns was often challenging for African-Americans. When a collapsed lung prematurely ended her singing career, Miss Robbie returned to St. Louis, using her formidable cooking talent to open a soul food restaurant that would make her legend.
Through her show and this special cookbook, Miss Robbie hopes to maintain the place of soul food cooking—its recipes, history, and legacy—in American culture for decades to come.
Sweetie Pie’s Cookbook includes 75–100 gorgeous color photos and an Index.
“Gives new meaning to soul food . . . sumptuous.” —Essence
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38 reviews
Chris Rice
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August 31, 2019
very poorly written book..the recipes are so so. I really tried to enjoy this book and the contents..both fail badly..I'm a huge fan of southern food, culture and a even bigger fan of a captivating story..these had little of either..wouldn't recommend.
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Linda Beck
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April 14, 2017
Miss Robbie has put down on paper the kind of recipes that have been cooked in the South for generations! She has several special seasoning mixes she uses in a lot of her recipes that make these recipes her own. She packs a lot of flavor into her food! I particularly like the stories associated with that recipe and the background of her life experience.
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Doug Ison
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December 20, 2015
Love this show I watch it all the time I'd like to know how to get a t-shirt
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About the author
Miss Robbie Montgomery is the owner of Sweetie Pie's, the nationally acclaimed soul food restaurants she founded in her hometown of St. Louis, Missouri. Prior to running her own restaurants, Miss Robbie toured as a back-up singer for several musical artists including Ike and Tina Turner, the Supremes, Stevie Wonder, James Brown, Patti LaBelle, and others. Miss Robbie started cooking while she was traveling with these groups on the road. Her restaurant reality show has been featured on the OWN Network.
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