She got her start writing skits at a New York nightclub which drew the attention of the Candid Camera creator, Allen Funt, who invited her to join the show as a staff writer. She went to work a local morning show, but left when they wouldn’t give her a raise and moved to New York.įannie pursued acting in New York and ended up choosing the name Fannie Flagg as there was already a famous actress named Patricia Neal. In her teenage years, she used her performing skills to enter the Miss Alabama pageant and won a scholarship to an acting school. When Flagg was just ten years old she wrote her first stage play. She became interested in not only writing, but performing as well at a young age and was encouraged by her father to pursue it. Her birth name was Patricia Neal, daughter of Marion and William Neal.

She was born in Birmingham, Alabama and grew up around the area. Note: This edition does not include photos.Fannie Flagg is an American author best known for writing Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe. 'Recommended.All the traditional dishes are here, along with the author's irreverent, irresistible commentary on Southern cooking and culture.' 'If you liked her novel, Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe, and if you liked the movie they made from that novel, you'll like this cookbook.It's funny, just like Flagg.' But most of all this food, and this book, comes with love.

The recipes in Fannie Flagg's Original Whistle Stop Cafe Cookbook are all for delicious hearty happy food that comes with all sorts of things, from gravies to hot sauces (very often the secret's in the sauce). * Skinless Fried Chicken * Pork Chops with Apples and Sweet Potatoes * Baked Ham and Pineapple Rings * Baked Turkey with Traditional Cornbread Dressing * Black-eyed Peas * Fried Okra * Creamed Onions * Broccoli Casserole * Southern Cream Gravy * Fried Catfish * Scalloped Oysters * Down Home Crab Cakes * Beaten Biscuits * Corn Pones * Lemon Ice Box Pie * Kentucky Bourbon Chocolate Pecan Pie * And much more! Now, she joyfully shares those recipes, in what may well be the first cookbook ever written by a satisfied customer rather than a cook! Inside you'll find wonderful recipes for: After the tremendous success of her novel, Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe, and the beloved movie that followed, author Fannie Flagg received thousands of requests from all over the world asking for recipes from the little cafe of her Alabama childhood that was the model for the cafe in her novel.

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