Second Helpings

Second Helpings&nbsp;draws from Johnnie&nbsp;Gabriel's personal collection of&nbsp;her&nbsp;Southern&nbsp;favorites&nbsp;throughout&nbsp;more than twenty years of professional bakery and restaurant experience, alongside the menu mainstays of her closest friends, family members, and fellow restaurant industry pals. Those two little words "second helpings" hold so much meaning.&nbsp;Asking&nbsp;for second helpings&nbsp;means that your food is&nbsp;good&nbsp;enough to&nbsp;ask for more.&nbsp;This cookbook comprises special&nbsp;recipes&nbsp;that&nbsp;Johnnie has time- and taste-tested, and they've gotten the&nbsp;"second-helping approval stamp" many times over. In&nbsp;Second Helpings, Johnnie shares scrumptious recipes such as: <ul> <li>Black Eyed Pea Spread</li> <li>Shrimp Creole</li> <li>Smoky Chipotle Grilled Baby Back Ribs</li> <li>Strawberry Layer Crème Pie</li> </ul> This Georgia&nbsp;lady knows a thing or two about pleasing a crowd of hungry Southerners and&nbsp;these recipes weren't concocted in a glass-walled test kitchen. Second Helpings&nbsp;features&nbsp;time-tested meals that have nourished and comforted families at tables across the South for decades.&nbsp;Second helpings all around? Inevitable!

Second Helpings: Classic Southern Recipes for Every Mealtime

Cookbooks, Food & Wine

Gabriel, Johnnie

Desserts

Harper Celebrate

You already know Johnnie Gabriel.
She’s in your Tuesday night Bunco group. You’re in the same Sunday school class. Your families tailgate together during football season. She’s that friend who always has the perfect recipe for every occasion. Second Helpings draws from Johnnie’s personal collection of tried and true favorites, alongside the menu mainstays of her closest friends, family members, and fellow restaurant industry pals. With more than 20 years of professional bakery and restaurant experience, this Georgia lady knows a thing or two about pleasing a crowd of hungry Southerners.
Want a meal that’s sure to keep ‘em coming back for more? Get things started with Johnnie’s Black Eyed Pea Spread. Offer up her Shrimp Creole or Smoky Chipotle Grilled Baby Back Ribs next; but make sure to save some room for the finishing touch―cool slices of Strawberry Layer Crème Pie. These recipes weren’t concocted in a glass-walled test kitchen. These are the time-tested meals that have nourished and comforted families at tables across the South for decades. Second helpings all around? Inevitable!

Regional & International

Thomas Nelson. Inc.

Johnnie Gabriel, cousin of renowned cook Paula Deen, presents delectable, enticing Southern dishes from her Atlanta restaurant and bakery, Gabriels Desserts, recipient of numerous accolades and plaudits. Johnnie Gabriel began her restaurant career in 1989, when she baked and sold desserts from home to supplement her income. In 1996, Johnnie and her husband Ed made the decision to go into the baking/catering/restaurant business full time and opened Gabriels Desserts in Marietta, Georgia. Mouthwatering sweets and savory Southern cooking-the vegetables are a favorite-have earned the restaurant four Best of Atlanta awards. Recipes include:
<ul>
<li>Peach Pound Cake</li>
<li>Lemon Bars</li>
<li>Pork Tenderloin with BBQ Sauce</li>
<li>Smothered Chicken</li>
<li>Broccoli and Raisin Salad</li>
<li>Creamed Corn</li>
<li>Fried Okra</li>
<li>Hashbrown Casserole</li>
</ul>

Cooking in the South with Johnnie Gabriel

Johnnie Gabriel knows a thing or two about cooking for Southerners. The author of two cookbooks, Cooking in the South and Second Helpings, does it every day at Gabriel’s, her restaurant and bakery in Marietta, Georgia. 
In How to Cook Like a Southerner, Gabriel isn’t just sharing her recipes; she’s taking her Southern expertise to the next level, offering step-by-step photos for 35 of the most iconic Southern dishes, curating and testing over one hundred recipes from some of the best and most gracious cooks in the South, and offering tips to help you dress up even the most basic recipes for special occasions.
The art and science of cooking has come a long way, creating a gadget for everything from zesting fruit to cutting paper-thin slices of vegetables, but creating delicious Southern food for your family and friends doesn’t require fancy gadgets and high-tech kitchen appliances. Johnnie Gabriel says all you need is a cutting board, a sharp knife, a rolling pin, and a seasoned cast iron skillet, just like her mama did. And because classic Southern dishes were created to use the meats and vegetables that were available in the region, the recipes in How to Cook Like a Southerner call for ingredients you can find at your local grocery store or farmers’ market. No speciality stores or online searches needed.
Making a homemade pie crust for the first time? Let Johnnie show you how. Do you wonder what the difference between a blond, peanut butter, and coffee roux is? How to Cook Like a Southerner will guide you through each level. Wanna learn the tricks Southern grandmothers use for creating the best fried chicken, cornbread, buttermilk biscuits, field peas with snaps, macaroni and cheese, fried green tomatoes, and country fried steak? They’re all here.
So stock up on cornmeal, buttermilk, and sugar and put on your favorite apron. It’s time to learn How to Cook Like a Southerner.

How to Cook Like a Southerner: Classic Recipes from the South's Best Down-Home Cooks

Thomas Nelson

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Second Helpings: Classic Southern Recipes for Every Mealtime

Second Helpings

Cooking in the South with Johnnie Gabriel

How to Cook Like a Southerner: Classic Recipes from the South's Best Down-Home Cooks