February 2015 Cookbooks

Soul Food Love by Alice Randall & Caroline Randall Williams

While I liked the concept of this book, I didn't like the book all that much. Alice Randall and Caroline Randall Williams were inspired by generations of home cooks in their family, but they also saw that most of these women ended their lives overweight and unhealthy. They wanted to revamp some of the traditional "soul food" recipes into healthier versions. Williams also reiterates that many people today don't understand "celebration" food is not meant for every day meals - eat cake and fried chicken - just not every day. I like the premise of the book, but the first 77 pages are all text/stories of each generation of women. While that's interesting, it's not a cookbook. Some of the recipes do look good, but there weren't that many that I wanted to try. Overall, it was a little disappointing.