--- product_id: 613389515 title: "Good Lookin' Cookin': A Year of Meals - A Lifetime of Family, Friends, and Food [A Cookbook]" price: "VT11216" currency: VUV in_stock: true reviews_count: 13 url: https://www.desertcart.vu/products/613389515-good-lookin-cookin-a-year-of-meals-a-lifetime-family store_origin: VU region: Vanuatu --- # Good Lookin' Cookin': A Year of Meals - A Lifetime of Family, Friends, and Food [A Cookbook] **Price:** VT11216 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Good Lookin' Cookin': A Year of Meals - A Lifetime of Family, Friends, and Food [A Cookbook] - **How much does it cost?** VT11216 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.vu](https://www.desertcart.vu/products/613389515-good-lookin-cookin-a-year-of-meals-a-lifetime-family) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description Good Lookin' Cookin': A Year of Meals - A Lifetime of Family, Friends, and Food [A Cookbook] [Parton, Dolly, Parton George, Rachel] on desertcart.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Good Lookin' Cookin': A Year of Meals - A Lifetime of Family, Friends, and Food [A Cookbook] Review: A joy to read! - Long story short, this is great book, Dolly fan or not. If you love delicious food and sharing it with loved ones, this book will inspire you to invite them over. It's full of southern cooking. That means butter, bacon, sugar and a cast iron skillet. The recipes read like your aunt let you in on the family secret recipe. The recipes do not reinvent the wheel. They are straight forward, easy to follow and you can tell by the ingredient list, delicious. If you are a home cook with an affinity for butter and shortening you probably already have your own version of many of the recipes. These include busicits, fried chicken, mashed potatoes, meat loaf, black eyed peas, banana pudding and coleslaw. Where this book shines is in the way it highlights that the occasion isn't special so much as the people you share it with make it so. The food brings the people together. The book gives you the menu for the event from start to finish all preplanned for you. The ingredients primarily are items you already have and kitchen staples. Some recipes have special cuts of meat but none of the ingredients are things you've never heard of. Many of the ingredients are repeated through the recipes so you'll never end up with some weird random ingredient you'll only use once. You'll probably want a cast iron skillet but for the most part the rest of the specialty items are optional or can be substituted for things you already have. You don't need an electric/stand mixer but it sure does make it easier. Same with a food processor. You probably already a 9×13 baking dish, a 9×9 baking dish, a Roasting pan, a bundt pan, and a Dutch oven. This book utilizes other equipment like a deep fryer, grill, electric skillet, Mellon baller, jello mold of a brain, muffin pan, spring mold pan, kitchen twine and mentions the use of a slow cooker. I think most items have more than once use in the book so if you were to pick up say a bundt pan you'd have more than one recipe that uses it. This book was very thoughtfully put together and makes me want to make my own to share with my own family. Some recipes have fully made from scratch recipes and some have a few store bought short cuts, just like we all do in our regular cooking. This really is a book for people who love food and love cooking. I really like it. Read it from cover to cover. The simple ingredients and instructions let me know exactly what they will taste like and the pictures don't show anything that wasn't mentioned in the recipes. Very much what you see it what you get. The book is organized by month and in the back it is broken down by category. It can easily be reference through the index. This may not be for you if already make southern basics and have for years like Dolly and her sister. You probably won't find anything new or innovative. It's real food for real people and if you already make that, this may seem like a waste. So far I've made a salad and an appetizer with things I already had in my house. Both were very good. Edit: I have sense made, busicits, chicken and dumplings, and the strawberry short cake. All big hits with my family and friends. The real stand out has been the "Sloppy Dogs." Dolly and Rachel certainly are not the first people to put sloppy joe meat on hot dogs but it never crossed my mind. I have made it 3 times since getting the book and I suspect I will be making it many more times. I also made the pumpkin pie last night and despite my best efforts pie is not something I have ever made well. This is my first successful pie. I used the pie crust recipe in the book as well and it is honestly really, really good. I suspect in the course of a year or so I will have made the majority of the recipes or variations my family will enjoy. Review: Dolly & sister tasty recipes with stories. Great read and delicious food - Dolly and her sister put their favorite recipes together, along with lots of stories around these dishes and reminiscing. ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | Best Sellers Rank | #6,743 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #8 in Southern U.S. Cooking, Food & Wine #30 in Comfort Food Cooking (Books) #48 in Celebrity & TV Show Cookbooks | | Customer Reviews | 4.6 4.6 out of 5 stars (2,649) | | Dimensions | 8.26 x 0.98 x 10.3 inches | | ISBN-10 | 1984863169 | | ISBN-13 | 978-1984863164 | | Item Weight | 2.31 pounds | | Language | English | | Print length | 272 pages | | Publication date | September 17, 2024 | | Publisher | Ten Speed Press | ## Images ![Good Lookin' Cookin': A Year of Meals - A Lifetime of Family, Friends, and Food [A Cookbook] - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/81qlpis8AFL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ A joy to read! *by S***E on September 20, 2024* Long story short, this is great book, Dolly fan or not. If you love delicious food and sharing it with loved ones, this book will inspire you to invite them over. It's full of southern cooking. That means butter, bacon, sugar and a cast iron skillet. The recipes read like your aunt let you in on the family secret recipe. The recipes do not reinvent the wheel. They are straight forward, easy to follow and you can tell by the ingredient list, delicious. If you are a home cook with an affinity for butter and shortening you probably already have your own version of many of the recipes. These include busicits, fried chicken, mashed potatoes, meat loaf, black eyed peas, banana pudding and coleslaw. Where this book shines is in the way it highlights that the occasion isn't special so much as the people you share it with make it so. The food brings the people together. The book gives you the menu for the event from start to finish all preplanned for you. The ingredients primarily are items you already have and kitchen staples. Some recipes have special cuts of meat but none of the ingredients are things you've never heard of. Many of the ingredients are repeated through the recipes so you'll never end up with some weird random ingredient you'll only use once. You'll probably want a cast iron skillet but for the most part the rest of the specialty items are optional or can be substituted for things you already have. You don't need an electric/stand mixer but it sure does make it easier. Same with a food processor. You probably already a 9×13 baking dish, a 9×9 baking dish, a Roasting pan, a bundt pan, and a Dutch oven. This book utilizes other equipment like a deep fryer, grill, electric skillet, Mellon baller, jello mold of a brain, muffin pan, spring mold pan, kitchen twine and mentions the use of a slow cooker. I think most items have more than once use in the book so if you were to pick up say a bundt pan you'd have more than one recipe that uses it. This book was very thoughtfully put together and makes me want to make my own to share with my own family. Some recipes have fully made from scratch recipes and some have a few store bought short cuts, just like we all do in our regular cooking. This really is a book for people who love food and love cooking. I really like it. Read it from cover to cover. The simple ingredients and instructions let me know exactly what they will taste like and the pictures don't show anything that wasn't mentioned in the recipes. Very much what you see it what you get. The book is organized by month and in the back it is broken down by category. It can easily be reference through the index. This may not be for you if already make southern basics and have for years like Dolly and her sister. You probably won't find anything new or innovative. It's real food for real people and if you already make that, this may seem like a waste. So far I've made a salad and an appetizer with things I already had in my house. Both were very good. Edit: I have sense made, busicits, chicken and dumplings, and the strawberry short cake. All big hits with my family and friends. The real stand out has been the "Sloppy Dogs." Dolly and Rachel certainly are not the first people to put sloppy joe meat on hot dogs but it never crossed my mind. I have made it 3 times since getting the book and I suspect I will be making it many more times. I also made the pumpkin pie last night and despite my best efforts pie is not something I have ever made well. This is my first successful pie. I used the pie crust recipe in the book as well and it is honestly really, really good. I suspect in the course of a year or so I will have made the majority of the recipes or variations my family will enjoy. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Dolly & sister tasty recipes with stories. Great read and delicious food *by Y***A on March 2, 2026* Dolly and her sister put their favorite recipes together, along with lots of stories around these dishes and reminiscing. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Perfect seasonal cookbook *by J***E on December 18, 2025* Love this cookbook! The recipes are simple, delicious, and organized by month, which makes planning meals so easy. Great for everyday cooking and a perfect gift idea too. 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