Sweets : A Collection of Soul Food Desserts and Memories

Growing up as part of a large African-American family in a small town in Michigan, Patty Pinner spent her childhood helping the women of the house"”the Queens of Soul Food"”whip up the sugar-filled treats that crowned family dinners, neighborhood gatherings, and church socials. In Sweets, Patty mixes the down-home maxims and womanly advice shared at these chatty, gossip-filled baking marathons with recipes for her family"™s magical concoctions. The book includes more than 100 desserts, most shared by and named for family members ranging from Cud"™n Daisy to Patty"™s beloved grandmother, My My. Soul food favorites such as Old-Fashioned Sweet Potato Pone and Cud"™n Eunice"™s Tea Cakes are featured alongside delights like Miss LaLou"™s Bourbon Balls, Down-Home Banana Ice Cream, and even Aint Laverta"™s Dr. Pepper Cake. Desserts shared in the company of a loving family are always the sweetest, and with Sweets in hand you"™ll be able to share the comforts and confections of Patty"™s sugar kitchen with your loved ones. Patty Pinner was raised in a large extended family in the small town of Saginaw, Michigan. In between earning her master"™s degree in education and working for the USPS as a training and development specialist, Patty makes time to work at her family"™s restaurant, Ern"™s Seafood Restaurant. Patty lives in eastern Michigan.