Marching Through Georgia

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Get The Point

Unreadable, but not in a BAD way...

The Master Race Meets the Master Class

Modest, but the beginning...

Pretty Wierd Stuff...

Marching Through Georgia
S.M. Stirling , and S M Stirling
Manufacturer: baen
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Get The Point.......2005-07-30

Its not going to live up to microscopic scrutiny, but
no work of fiction, particularly an alternate history,
will. Suspend disbelief and then enjoy.

The story is almost secondary to what and who the Draka
are. A power based in Africa that took control after
Royalists and Mercanaries were paid off by Britian with
land in South Africa. They conquered it and then much
of the middle east after world war one. By world war two
they are poised to strike at a victorious Nazi Reich that
has destroyed the Soviets.

Its not plausible in the microscopic but its plausible /enough/
to make you shudder and be thankful.

Highly reccomended as are the rest of the books in this
series. It gives you pause to think. Is it better for black
Africa to be in the state it is now...or enslaved? Would you
fight the Draka or join them as they bombed Rome and later
took over Europe, enslaving everyone?

Hard choices, and thats the charm of the story and the series.

One of the few alternate histories that pulls no punches.

Unreadable, but not in a BAD way..........2004-07-12

S. M. Stirling, Marching Through Georgia (Baen, 1988)

I'm not going to call marching Through Georgia a bad novel. I got a lot farther through it than the usual fifty-page rule. My only real problem with it was, quite simply, it didn't hold my interest.

This could very well be because I have trouble slogging through war novels of most stripes (Harry Turtledove's Guns of the South had much the same effect on me, despite its classic status). The book was originally recommended to me for its depictions of the society of the Draka, but I found it so difficult to get through I simply couldn't appreciate them.

So I'm not saying it's bad, I just couldn't get though it. You may have a different experience. Gets the gentleman's C.

The Master Race Meets the Master Class.......2003-12-29

Marching Through Georgia is the first novel in the Draka series. In another timeline, the losers from wars in America and Europe, philosophers without followers, and other misfits migrated to the Draka Crown Colony in South Africa. Over decades the colony took over the entirety of sub-Sahara Africa and then the Balkans, becaming the sovereign Domination of Draka in 1919.

During World War II, the Domination entered the war with an airdrop onto Sicily in 1941. Six months later, the Germans had taken Moscow and the Wehrmacht in south Georgia are threatening the Draka conquests in Armenia. The Draka are assembling armored legions in Armenia to attack through the Caucasus Mountains and drop two legions of airborne at night to clear the passes of the Ossetian Military Highway. Opposing them is a panzer regiment of the Waffen-SS, Liebstandarte Adolf Hitler.

In this novel, the von Shrakenberg family are descendents of a Hessian mercenary paid off with land in southern Africa after the British lost their war against the American rebels. Karl is an Arch-Strategos, a general of the Supreme General Staff. His son Eric is Centurion of Century A, 1st Airborne Legion. His daughter Johanna is a Pilot Officer flying Eagle interceptors.

Karl is back in Castle Tarleton overlooking Archona, the capital of Draka. He is worried about Eric leading his century in the Caucasus Mountains and Johanna flying an Eagle out of Kars. He knows the North Caucasus campaign is risky, but necessary for the Domination to grow.

Century A has an American reporter, Bill Dreiser, with them as they drop into the mountains. It is his first airdrop and he is understandably nervous. As he leaps from the plane and falls, he grasps the release toggle and gives a single firm jerk.

This novel shows the personal lives of the van Shrakenberg family after the Sicily campaign in their plantation Oakenwald, intermingled with the assault on Village One along the Ossetian Military Highway. It describes the history of the Domination and the people who become the Draka. It also tells something of their serfs and their enemies.

The assault on Village One is depicted in great detail, from the first sentry taken out by the advancing Draka to the final confrontation and the subsequent relief by the Janissaries. It is a tale of a trained, experienced and well-led combat unit with excellent morale and determination. Unfortunately, they happen to be slave-holding imperialists.

This story is plausible and frightening in concept. What if the British had encouraged loyalists from the former American colonies to settle in South Africa? What if those settlers had been imperialistic and had expanded into Rhodesia a century before Cecil Rhodes? What if they continued their expansion to the rest of sub-Saharan Africa and then to the Ottomon Empire? Would the resulting state have a social structure combining the worst features of the Confederacy and the Afrikaners, but with a government more militarized and efficient than the Spartans or Prussians? Welcome to the Domination.

...The slave trade itself was banned in 1834 and this ban was enforced by British warships. However, the British hold in Africa was very lose prior to the 1880's and the taking of slaves within the African continent was not ended until 1891. Even after the Boer War, a form of non-chattel slavery remained in the practice of apartheid.

Highly recommended for Stirling fans and for anyone else who enjoys alternate history depicting ground combat in the worst of all possible worlds.

Modest, but the beginning..........2003-06-06

Well, for all intents and purposes, this novel was the most modest and simple, as far as explaning how the Draka are. However, most of it was about soldiers in battle; it could have been describing any other battle in any war in human history, just the names and technology change. When in war, we normally don't care for the other side's way of life.

Within the entire series, although simple, it's worth reading again.

Pretty Wierd Stuff..........2001-02-01

I originally purchased this book several years ago,and every time I sat down to read it I seemed to lose interest after a few chapters. I finally forced myself to finish the thing--not an easy task. The protaganists of the Draka are not an admirable group unless you considered Jack the Ripper admirable. The basic plot to this novel(an alternative history?)deals with the Draka invasion of Soviet Georgia in the foothills of the Caucasus mountains and the conflict with the German Reich,which has also invaded the same geographic area. The Draka are portrayed as strong,crafty,and unbeatable. The Germans are portrayed as drunken womanizers and somewhat inept at warfare , good only at beating their heads against a stone wall. Several times I threw this book in the firestarter burn basket,only to later retreive it in the hopes that I would find something of merit contained therin. Having read other books by and coauthored by S.M. Stirling that were much more enjoyable than this one turned out,I was very dissapointed in this one.

Marching Through Georgia: The Story of Soldiers and Civilians During Sherman's Campaign

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Well written, well researched
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Marching Through Georgia: The Story of Soldiers and Civilians During Sherman's Campaign
Lee Kennett
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In this engrossing work of history, Lee Kennett brilliantly brings General Sherman's 1864 invasion of Georgia to life by capturing the ground-level experiences of the soldiers and civilians who witnesses the bloody campaign. From the skirmish at Buzzard Roost Gap all the way to Savannah ten months later, Kennet follows the notorious, complex Sherman, who attacked the devastated the heart of the Confederacy's arsenal. Marching Through Georgia describes, in gripping detail, the event that marked the end of the Old South.

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Unique, thoroughly researched, and a good read.......2006-10-06

If you're looking for a tactical study of Sherman's Atlanta campaign, this isn't it. If you're looking to delve into the human aspects of a massive Civil War campaign, this definitely is it. If you're looking for a well written book of interest to a broad range of readers, this is also it. No need to be a "buff" to enjoy Kennett's fast paced work that is full of interesting stories and insights into a broad range of topics. His writing keeps the pages turning. It is a unique combination of "beach" book and reference. I have two quibbles with Kennett's writing and they are technical: 1) Stop separating full sentences with semi-colons. Use periods. It aids in reading. 2) Stop using French terms where they aren't necessary or translate them. The book is too good for that to matter much.

Well written, well researched .......2006-04-24

Lee Kennett has made a major contribution to the literature of "The March." He has drawn from a huge number of little known sources; private correspondence, diaries,and eyewitness accounts. The book has a good "feel" of the history of the period. His writing style is informal and allows the reader to see the events as if through the eyes of the participants.
I have researched & written extensively on the history of Milledgeville, Georgia and can say that Kennett covered the Milledgeville period as well as it has been covered by anyone.

Hugh T. Harrington
author of: "Civil War Milledgeville, Tales From the Confederate Capital of Georgia," "Remembering Milledgeville, Historic Tales From Georgia's Antebellum Capital" and "More Milledgeville Memories."

Deserves to be rated as a Civil War classic!.......2005-05-09

Lee Kennett's Marching Through Georgia could easily be mistaken for a "popular history", the kind of work that scholars will occasionally endorse, but usually dismiss. Marching Through Georgia is certainly as readable as any so-called popular history but this work is a gem of historical scholarship, to be compared with the studies of such authors as Bell Irvin Wiley, James Robertson, Reid Mitchell, and Earl Hess. The number of primary sources consulted is positively staggering. Kennett understands, and communicates the character of Civil War soldiers and soldiering in the Western Armies (North and South) better than any author I've ever encountered with the possible exception of Larry Daniel. An outstanding book!

Total Dominance!.......2003-08-15

This is as complete an analysis of General Sherman's Georgia Campaign, his famous March to the Sea, as you will ever read. Starting in Dalton and ending in Savannah, the total event is here: The participants, the politics, the strategy, the horror and, most importantly, the impact.

Stating that he would make Georgia howl, Sherman proceeded to do just that. In the process he demonstrated not only to the North but also to the South that this war was over. Southern armies were no longer contending against Northern aggression. They were swamped by it. They could no longer contain this conflict.

Sherman's March is the signal event of the War. It is unique. It was not fought against an enemy army. It was not fought to achieve a strategic position. It was not fought to out flank or surprise. It was fought to destroy an enemy's heart and soul, against an enemy's will to resist. And it succeeded admirably.

The March demonstrated beyond a doubt the fundamental weakness of the South, the uncontestable dominance of the North and the complete futility of further resistance. It spelled defeat more accurately than any other event in the War's four year history. It demonstrated that the South could no longer defend itself, that they couldn't do a thing about it. It demonstrated that the South was whipped.

This is an excellent account of what transpired.

Excellent Recounting of a Painful Time.......2001-12-19

I was raised in Georgia and attended public school in Athens in the 60s and 70s. Even in a university town some 100 years after the Civil War there were people with embittered attitudes toward the North who saw themselves as citizens of a conquered country. This was surely due in part to Civil Rights legislation enforcing integration; and in part to that fable of Southern life, GONE WITH THE WIND. Most white Southerners know and many revile the name of William Tecumseh Sherman; not because they are ardent historians but because Margaret Mitchell and director Victor Fleming immortalized Sherman's burning of Atlanta on celluloid. In fact, although I hardly studied anything about the Civil War in public school, our class did take a 60-mile bus ride to watch GONE WITH THE WIND at the Fox Theatre in Atlanta. Although many years have passed, I have no reason to believe that today's young Georgians are any more informed about the actual history of their state; whether this is through official ignorance, shame, fear, or willful deceit I cannot say.

Lee Kennett's book, MARCHING THROUGH GEORGIA goes a long way toward addressing this ignorance, and should be required reading for every Georgian. The book focuses on Sherman's North Georgia Campaign, the Battle of Atlanta and the March to the Sea as it affected the soldiers and civilians of both sides. His discussion of strategy is general and primarily about Sherman's decision to have his army forage off the land. Even this is included because of the consequence such forage had for the people involved--Kennett lays the blame of the Union atrocities at the feet of this decision, but takes care to point out the nature of such "atrocities", and that truly severe crimes other than the destruction of property was rather rare. Indeed, what makes Kennett's book so valuable is its evenness of tone regarding the issues and personalities. A Sherman biographer, he neither idolizes nor demonizes the General. Sherman, though not the main subject of this book, emerges as a recognizable and very human figure. Sherman's devotion to duty was horrifyingly single-minded--Kennett relates an incident in which 28 Union soldiers are too ill to travel, and Sherman left them in the care of a Confederate hospital in Milledgeville while he moved on with his troops: "'If they die, give them a decent burial,' Sherman said, 'if they live, send them to Andersonville [the prison in south Georgia where Union soldiers were held in appalling conditions to die in the thousands], if course,' Dr. Massey may have looked a bit nonplussed at this, for Sherman added: 'They are prisoners of war, what else can you do? If I had your men I would send them to prison.'" In another incident, Sherman refused to accept Union prisoners from Andersonville in a prisoner exchange because they were too ill or wounded to fight.

Kennett's descriptions of Sherman's progress were very meaningful to me as a native of the state. Non-Georgians might get bogged down a bit in the geography, and this is one of the book's weaknesses, but a minor one. There are two maps included, but as neither shows a complete map of the state some readers might well be bewildered. The Andersonville prison played an important role as at least a potential target but appears on neither map. It was not liberated during Sherman's Georgia campaign, and had it been shown on the map its distance from Sherman's path would have been immediately clear. The only other flaw is the paucity of information on black Georgians and how the campaign affected them. Kennett addresses this, relating that most information on their situation is related by whites and is mostly stereotypical. He provides one touching conversation passed along from Joel Chandler Harris (author of the Uncle Remus/Brer Rabbit tales): "...an old black couple he found in a corner of fence, not far from the road Sherman's army had just passed: 'Who is that lying there?' asked Joe. 'It my old man, suh.' 'What is the matter with him?' 'He dead, suh, But bless God he died free.'"

Also extraordinary is the comradeship that grew between members of the opposing sides whenever contact was allowed. Animosity between combatants is expected, but over and over Kennett relates encounters between the two armies, or between Union soldiers and Southern civilians that are remarkable in that so many concerned seemed able to view their opposite number as a fellow human rather than an evil enemy. Southerners now know only the destruction Sherman's forces brought, emptying and burning Atlanta and many other towns; but at the time Sherman's actions were seen at least by some as a reasonable response to the Confederates' burning of Chambersburg, Pennsylvania.

MARCHING THROUGH GEORGIA is full of fascinating information: North Georgia, mostly populated by poor white farmers who didn't own slaves, was largely loyalist and opposed succession; Governor Joe Brown (after the war a US Senator!) supported States' Rights to the extent that he clashed repeatedly with Confederate President Jefferson Davis; Sherman's forces faced the most opposition and most difficult fighting in primarily loyalist North Georgia; after the burning of Atlanta Sherman was able to move through Georgia with very little fighting at all; and rather than "bushwacking" Sherman's forces and provoking a fight with vastly superior forces, most Georgians preferred to let him move quickly through their land.

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In 1864 William Tecumseh Sherman made Civil War history with his infamous March to the Sea across Georgia. More than a century later, Jerry Ellis set out along the same route in search of the past and his southern and Cherokee heritage.

On Ellis's trek by foot from Atlanta to Savannah, he confronts the contradictions and complexities of his native region as he reflects on his own. From Macon's fabled Goat Man to Arthur "Cowboy" Brown, the Savannah street musician, we meet a vibrant, unregimented people, all of whom, like Ellis, are looking for their place with one eye on the past and one on the present.

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A Classic Southern and American Adventure.......2005-06-13

This book is a gem from the first page to the last, blending the past with the present in an unforgettable way. The use of quotes from Civil War diaries of soldiers on the March to the Sea and the contemporary stories from the people of Georgia make for a great heart-warming adventure. The author's own love story suggest the movie Cold Mountain. His first book, Walking the Trail, One Man's Journey Along the Cherokee Trail of Tears, nominated for a Pulitzer Prize, is an even better read. He does what most of us can only dream about: hitting the road with a backpack and sleeping in a tent whenever the road spirit moves him. If you need a break from the daily world and a journey into the soul, laughter included, read this author's books.

Hang on to Your Hat!.......2003-01-28

This is a wondrous book filled with detailed Civil War history and the author's personal encounters with fascinating people as he walks across Georgia, following in the footsteps of Sherman. I felt like I was right there with the "bummers" who plundered Southern homes and burned them to the ground. At times terribly sad, this book is also enriched with heart-lifting humor. Highly recommended.

Marching Through Georgia (Nova Audio Books)

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beautifully moving
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Does one have to be Southern?
'Terrible' would be a compliment
Disappointing and rambling.

Marching Through Georgia (Nova Audio Books)

Manufacturer: Nova Audio Books
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ASIN: 1561004456
Release Date: 1995-11-01

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In 1864 William Tecumseh Sherman led a throbbing, hooting, violent river of 62.000 soldiers through the heart of the American South, looting, pillaging, trailing plunder, stealing animals, and dazing civilians. The raucous swath of devastation stretched from Atlanta to the sea at Savannah and brought the Confederacy to its knees.

More than a hundred years later, Jerry Ellis, inveterate traveler, storyteller and adventurer, set off to walk from Atlanta to Savannah using Sherman's route as his guide. Searching for the living, breathing artifacts of a nation's most bitter war, Ellis was also a man in search of his own South. He knew the South as a place of complexities and contradictions, of manners and blood-grudges, of change and timelessness.

In today's South, Ellis not only found living memories of the Great Lost Cause - and, in one case, of General Sherman himself - but a vibrant American culture of blacks and whites, of young people and old timers grappling with such issues as racism and social justice. His many experiences, from meeting folk heroes to sleeping by cemeteries, helped him realize that what he was looking for was all around him.

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beautifully moving.......2007-03-23

I find it difficult to read other authors after reading Ellis, and I've read all, loved lots. His style is unique. Educated and articulate enough to hold his own with the greats but so raw and open that you really feel like you were there with him and all those he met. Very few have aroused the desire to re-read, but I can't put this guy down, I've laughed and cried 7 times through this book. Ellis is different than all the others. He does not disappoint. As a transplanted Southerner, I get it now! Read this book (and his others) ASAP!!!

Heart Moving and Insightful.......2006-03-24

I have read the book version of this title and it is certainly more in-depth than this audio book. But the audio is powerfully and beautifully read by the author himself. His dramatic voice makes the book spring alive. Wonderful listening...

Does one have to be Southern?.......2002-11-01

In 1864, General Sherman, Union general, began his infamous (or famous) trek through Georgia, vowing to make Georgia howl. Howl it did. And still does. More than a hundred years later, Jerry Ellis walked the same path. It was a trek in search of his own Southerness, and an homage to his father who had died not long before. Along the way, he met people who still remember Sherman and the devastation he and his army left in their wake as though it were yesterday. He found Southern hospitality. He found a South that finds it hard to forget.

This is a personal story, not meant to simply tell the history of the places and people he finds along the way. Their histories are interwoven with his own, their presents forming a framework for Ellis' coming to terms with the possibility of losing the woman he loves because of the journey, and with the death of his father. It adds to what he knows about himself and who he is, a Southerner with ties to the War Between the States, and part Cherokee with ties to a past unrelated in many ways to that war.

This is an interesting view of history and how it affects people's lives, even generations later. At times, Ellis becomes too bogged down in his own problems and we wonder if he misses telling about other things we might have found interesting. But all in all, this is a book for Southerners who know and understand their ties to the South, or who are still trying to find those ties and weave them back into their lives.

Readers who like this book might also want to read other of Ellis' journeys. Also "Womenfolks: Growing up Down South" by Shirley Abbott might be interest. They might also like to read an account of Sherman's march to the sea, such as those included in the nuemrous Sherman biographies, or sets of histories of the war, including the Time Life Civil War volume "Sherman's March."

'Terrible' would be a compliment.......2000-10-04

This is probably one of the worst books I have read in a long time. Mr. Ellis travelogue fails to on so many levels it is difficult to list them all here. He provides little historical context, his opinions are pompous, his anecdotes are trite, his personal life stories are self-absorbed, and his grand attempt to define what it means to be 'Southern' fails. I can only attribute it to my Yankee's perseverance that I did manage to make it through this tripe. I believe that if General Sherman wanted to inflict true pain on the South, rather than burning his way to the sea, he should have forced the rebels read this book.

Disappointing and rambling........2000-04-11

On his 1994 attempt to re-trace William Tecumseh Sherman's trek from Atlanta to Savannah, Jerry Ellis searches for vestiges of that traumatic time reflected in the people he meets along the way.

This book is an unsuccessful hybrid of social history and an "on-the-road" travelogue. Ellis uncovers no previously undiscovered traces of the effect of Sherman's journey in the New South and after a while it appears he loses sight of his goal. This book has one saving grace: Ellis's natural story-telling ability which captures the spirits of the people he encounters. However, this bright spot isn't enough to compensate for Ellis's failure to achieve his original objective; it just turns this into a passable diary of someone's hike.

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Marching Through Georgia
S.M. Stirling
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Marching Through Georgia
William T. Sherman
Manufacturer: New York: Arno Press, 1978
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Binding: Hardcover
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Marching through Georgia
Henry C Work
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Marching Through Georgia
words and music W. C. Work
Manufacturer: Eclipse Publishing Co, Philadelphia
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Beaux Arts Edition of Patriotic Songs. Six pages, three of title song, two of sample songs. Printed in USA.

Marching Through Georgia - My Walk With Sherman

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Marching Through Georgia - My Walk With Sherman
Jerry Ellis -
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Marching Through Georgia - My Walk With Sherman
Jerry Ellis
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Very Fast...

Thank you Douglas County, Colorado, Public Library

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Elizabeth Yarnell
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Award-winning Finalist for National Indie Excellence Awards 2007, Best Books 2006, Colorado Independent Publishers Association EVVY Award 2006.

This truly different cookbook introduces a revolutionary, patented cooking technique for using whole foods to build one-pot meals in about 20 minutes.

The only thing Glorious One-Pot Meals have in common with familiar one-pot meal methods -- such as crock pot stews, casseroles, skillet meals and stir-fries -- is that everything goes into one pot to cook. Specifically, for Glorious One-Pot Meals, a cast iron Dutch oven. Otherwise, there is nothing to compare to the ease, speed and convenience of Glorious One-Pot Meals and the surprising way that each ingredient maintains its integrity during the cooking process. You can even substitute frozen ingredients without adjusting the time needed to cook the recipe!

This is a low-fat, whole food-based infusion cooking technique that locks in nutrients for fresher flavors, varied textures and healthier meals. Recipes are based on the power of two, making this a great solution for feeding families of one, two, four, or even ten or more. Each Glorious One-Pot Meal recipe contains a complete and balanced dinner of protein, grains, and vegetable side dishes with the bonus of minimal preparation and only one pot to clean. Great for vegetarians (about one-third of the recipes are vegetarian, and with this flexible cooking solution, any Glorious One-Pot Meals recipe can easily be meatless or even vegan!), heart patients or sufferers from any chronic disease (Multiple Sclerosis, diabetes, cancer, obesity, etc.) or food allergy. Kosher cooks should not be put off by the cover photo: Glorious One-Pot Meals are a natural for following the laws of kashrut as well.

With an ingenious covered spiral so that the book will never flip closed and leave you short-handed in mid-pour, this cookbook includes more than just recipes: look for an entire chapter featuring tips for efficient weekly grocery shopping and advice on stocking a pantry and freezer for convenient meal preparation any time.

A lifesaver for everyone from busy parents looking to get a quick dinner on the table to newlyweds learning to cook to empty nesters needing only to cook for two now to seniors concerned with time-saving, healthy and satisfying meals, more than 10,000 home cooks already know and love Glorious One-Pot Meals. Don't overlook the companion website (GloriousOnePotMeals.com) with resources to answer any questions. Once you master this unbelievably easy cooking technique you'll be able to intuitively create your own recipes for your family to enjoy!

Customer Reviews:

Very Fast..........2007-09-10

A wonderful book and fun to use. This lady knows how to write a cookbook that even a single man can easily follow.

My diet has improved tremendously and I enjoy the food I cook much better now.

Thank you Douglas County, Colorado, Public Library.......2007-09-10

I'm just embarrassed that after all my cooking experience I didn't spot how truly awful this cookbook is. I'm ashamed it took two experiments to confirm what I suspected -- YOU CAN'T COOK MEAT OR FISH ALONG WITH FRESH VEGETABLES (OTHER THAN ROOT VEGETABLES) AT HIGH TEMPERATURES AND EXPECT AN EDIBLE RESULT!! I made the Santa Fe Chicken -- ugh! -- and the Scallops and Sweet Potatoes -- even worse. Well, maybe I just tried the two worst recipes. I don't think so. So thanks DCPL for loaning me the book. However, not all is lost: The two-quart Le Creuset dutch oven is about the cutest non-animate thing I ever saw.

If you can only have 2 Cookbooks this is one of them!.......2007-08-23

The 2 cookbooks that have displaced the others on my book shelf are Glorious One-Pot Meals by Elizabeth Yarnell, and Four Ingredient CookBook by Joanna Farrow -printed by Hermes House, and in case you are wondering mashed potatoes is counted as one ingredient.
There is little to no overlap between the two in recipes, but a comparison between styles shows what I like/don't like about the "Glorious One Pot Meals" book:

pros

-Spiral binding that lays flat makes more sense.

cons

-Lack of color pictures.
-The print IS rather small, especially as most pages have
blank space on them.
-Quantities should be given in metric as well as imperial for worldwide cooks.

However I don't think these slight negatives will prevent you from enjoying this book. I highly recommend both books.

By the way if you are concerned about your Le Creuset knobs melting at 450 degrees, you can now purchase stainless steel ones from bedbathbeyond for about $8 each.

No photos.......2007-08-16

This books has no photos. So I haven't done anything delicious using this book. It would be wonderful if a cook book give some pictures.

Oven Magic.......2007-07-31

This cooking method is magic to me, since reason tells me it shouldn't work. Raw rice or pasta, fresh meat and vegetable, all baked together with a little liquid and seasoning, at too high a temp for too long. Not only does it work, the end result is amazingly good. Vegetables were my biggest surprise. They lightly share flavors but maintain their own texture and taste. The method somehow amps up the natural flavor of vegetables. It produced the sweetest acorn squash I've ever eaten. I began trying vegetables I don't usually care for, like turnips, with great results.

I also use plain, un-enameled cast iron. Ran across the book on Amazon and it sounded interesting. The only problem was the purchase of a small, enameled cast iron pan. If I bought the pan, I couldn't afford anything to go in it. I emailed Yarnell and asked if plain cast iron would work. She said it would, so I gave it a try. I ordered a Lodge Logic Serving Pot with Iron Cover, along with the book, and it's worked fine. This is a little 2-qt pre-seasoned dutch oven. I do have to reduce cooking times slightly, 5 to 10 minutes, probably because the pot is thicker and heavier than an enameled version.

Lodge sells this pot as pre-seasoned, but it did require a little initial work. I followed a foodie friend's advice and boiled a pot of water in it to remove any residue. Then I sprayed it with cooking spray and gave it one round of seasoning in the oven, using the company's seasoning method. This gave me the kind of cast iron finish that usually requires 3 or 4 rounds in the oven. I also give it a light coat of cooking spray after each use.

An oven thermometer was crucial for testing. I had no idea what my oven did at those high temps. Turned out to be about 5 degrees off, so I make the adjustment when I set the oven. About those blast furnace temps... I live in a hot, humid climate with a gas oven that heats the house like crazy, so I use this method from October to May. Seasonal, but a long season. Can't wait for cooler weather to play with the technique again. It's been a big hit at my table.

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