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A cookbook by Gwen Williams

Sunday dinner was never hard. Nobody wrote it down for you.

A recipe page from the book: Baked macaroni and cheese Southern Sundays by Gwen Williams, book cover
120soul food
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120 Harlem soul food recipes, from buttermilk biscuits to peach cobbler. Every dish fits on one page, every ingredient is pictured, and each one comes with Gwen's tip for the step that matters most.

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Buttermilk fried chicken
Baked macaroni and cheese
Peach cobbler
Buttermilk biscuits
Slow collard greens
Smothered pork chops
Shrimp and cheddar grits
Sweet potato pie
Banana pudding
Skillet-style cornbread
Slow beef pot roast
Cornmeal-crusted catfish
Sunday meatloaf
Deviled eggs
Pecan pie
Lemon pound cake

The part nobody tells you

Soul food got a reputation for being hard. It never was.

The recipe card

Grandma's cards said “a little of this” and “cook till it's done.” Lovely to keep, hard to cook from.

The shortcut

Boxed mixes and canned gravy promise Sunday flavor on a Tuesday night, and never quite deliver.

The myth

That you need a lifetime at the stove to get it right. You need clear steps and a patient pot.

If your greens came out tough or your gravy went lumpy, it wasn't you. Nobody showed you the simple way.

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Gwen with a dish from the book

Why this book exists

The best food in the family was never written down.

Sunday in Harlem means a full table: smothered chicken, a pot of greens that has been going since morning, cornbread cut straight from the skillet, and a cobbler cooling by the window.

Most of those dishes live in someone's hands, not on paper. So I wrote them down, measured and step by step, with the one thing to watch for at the stove.

This book is that table, 120 times over. Cook one dish this Sunday. Cook it again next week, and it's yours.

Gwen

A tip on every recipe

What the shortcuts say, and what Gwen does instead.

Six of the tips inside. Swipe →

Turn the heat up so dinner's ready sooner

Keep the meat at a gentle simmer, never a hard boil, and add a splash of liquid if the pot starts to dry.

Smothered pork chops

Boil the greens hard until they give up

A quiet simmer gives greens time to soften without breaking apart.

Slow collard greens

Lift the lid to check on the rice

Leave the lid closed while it cooks and rests. Trapped steam is what finishes the grains.

Herbed rice pilaf

Pile everything into the skillet at once

Give it space in the pan so the surfaces brown instead of steaming.

Potato onion breakfast hash

Flip the pancakes the moment you're impatient

Turn them only when the underside is set. An early flip tears the soft batter.

Blueberry buttermilk pancakes

Beat the cookie dough until it's smooth

Mix only until it holds together, then leave room between the cookies on the tray.

Pecan butter cookies

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Built to cook from, not to sit on a shelf

Open to any page and you can cook.

Every recipe is two pages: the finished dish first, then the whole recipe on one page. No flipping back and forth with messy hands.

Full-page photo of the baked macaroni and cheese The baked macaroni and cheese recipe page
  1. The finished dish, firstA full-page photo, so you see exactly what you're making.
  2. A picture for every ingredientNo guessing what to look for on the shelf.
  3. Short, numbered stepsWith the cues to watch for: the sizzle, the color, the texture.
  4. Gwen's tipThe step that matters most, and why.
  5. If it goes wrongWhat you're seeing, and how to save dinner.
  6. LeftoversHow long it keeps and how to reheat it safely.
120recipes in 6 chapters
252pages
120full-page dish photos
120"if it goes wrong" fixes

What you'll cook

From weeknight dinners to the weekend table.

  1. 1The Southern kitchenGravies, hot honey, pimento cheese, pickles and jam20 recipesValue$19
  2. 2Breakfast & breadsButtermilk biscuits, skillet cornbread, grits, waffles20 recipesValue$19
  3. 3Sunday supper mainsFried chicken, smothered pork chops, pot roast, shrimp & grits20 recipesValue$19
  4. 4Vegetables & pot comfortsCollard greens, butter beans, okra and tomatoes, black-eyed peas20 recipesValue$19
  5. 5Sides worth sharingBaked mac and cheese, potato salad, deviled eggs, cornbread dressing20 recipesValue$19
  6. 6Desserts & gatheringsPeach cobbler, sweet potato pie, banana pudding, pound cake20 recipesValue$19
Total value$114
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Look inside

Real pages from the book.

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Welcome to the kitchen
Welcome to the kitchen
120 recipes, six chapters
120 recipes, six chapters
Chapter 1, at a glance
Chapter 1, at a glance
Buttermilk fried chicken
Buttermilk fried chicken
…its recipe page
…its recipe page
Peach cobbler
Peach cobbler
…its recipe page
…its recipe page
Shrimp and cheddar grits
Shrimp and cheddar grits
…its recipe page
…its recipe page

This book is for you if…

  • You grew up on Sunday dinner and want to cook it yourself.
  • Your mac and cheese, cornbread or cobbler never tastes like you remember.
  • You want comfort food that's clear, measured and doable on a weeknight.
  • You like knowing why a step matters, so it works every time.
  • You cook for people you love and want them to come back for seconds.

It's probably not for you if…

  • You want low-fat diet food.
  • You never plan to turn on the oven.
Southern Sundays cover

Southern Sundays

Everything you need to cook it tonight.

  • The 252-page ebook, PDF and EPUB, instant download
  • 120 recipes in 6 chapters, each with Gwen's tip
  • A full-page photo of every finished dish
  • Every ingredient pictured, so shopping is easy
  • "If it goes wrong" fixes on every recipe
  • Leftovers notes: how long it keeps and how to reheat
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Questions

Before you cook.

What exactly do I get?

A 252-page ebook, as both a PDF and an EPUB, ready to download straight after checkout. It opens on any phone, tablet or computer, and the PDF prints well if you like paper in the kitchen.

Is this a printed book?

No, it's a digital book, so there's no shipping and no waiting. You can print any recipe, or the whole book, at home.

I'm not a confident cook. Is this for me?

Yes. Every recipe fits on one page, with every ingredient pictured, short numbered steps and the cues to watch for. Each one also has a short “if it goes wrong” section.

Can I find the ingredients?

Everything in this book is in an ordinary supermarket. Every ingredient is pictured, so you know what to look for.

Grams or cups?

Recipes use grams, millilitres and spoon measures, so an inexpensive kitchen scale helps. Oven temperatures are in °C (180°C is about 350°F, 200°C is about 400°F), and safe cooking temperatures are given in °C and °F.

What about food safety?

The methods tell you when to use a thermometer and what temperature to reach, and every recipe says how long leftovers keep and how to reheat them.

What if I don't like it?

Ask within 7 days and you get a full refund, no questions asked. See the refund policy.

This Sunday could be the one everybody remembers.

Gwen wrote down every step. All you have to do is cook.

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