The Deen Bros. take it easy : quick and affordable meals the whole family will love

263 Pages·2009·11.06 MB·English

by  Jamie Deen

Copyright © 2009 by Deen Brothers Enterprises, LLC
Food photography (excluding the photograph on fm.1 and 4.1) copyright © 2009 by Ben Fink Photography
All rights reserved.
Published in the United States by Ballantine Books, an imprint of The Random House Publishing Group, a division of
Random House, Inc., New York.
BALLANTINE and colophon are registered trademarks of Random House, Inc.
eISBN: 978-0-34552967-1
People photographs and the photograph on fm.1 and 4.1 courtesy of Robert Jacobs Photography
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also by jamie and bobby deen
and melissa clark
The Deen Bros. Cookbook: Recipes from the Road
The Deen Bros.: Y’all Come Eat
This book is dedicated
with love and respect
to our mom and dad.
Paula Hiers, age nine, and Jimmy Deen, age seven

Acknowledgments
To my wife, Brooke: Thank you for your support and your love that
keeps my spirit in the clouds. To our beautiful son, Jack: Thank you
for your big hugs, wet kisses, and for your “I love you, too, Daddy.”
I love you both down to the ground and up to the sky.
To Bobby, my best friend since I was three years old: Thanks for
doing everything a little brother should do.… You made me a big
brother.
A mighty and heartfelt thanks goes out: To all of our staff, guests,
and friends at The Lady & Sons Restaurant and at Paula Deen
Enterprises, who have helped shape, grow, and sustain our “little
business that could.” To Melissa Clark, who, while very pregnant,
got it done. Again. To Barry Weiner and our literary agent, Janis
Donnaud, for your hard work, gentle guidance, and the spot-on
restaurant recommendations when we visit New York. To our
editor, Pamela Cannon; publisher Libby McGuire; and the entire
Ballantine team, thank y’all for helping make our dreams come
true. To Robert Jacobs and Ben Fink for adding the art of their
beautiful photography.
And, for their unlimited love and support, thanks goes out to:
Uncle Bubba Hiers, Aunt Peggy Ort, Fred and Linda Terry, Michael
Groover, Therlus Deen, Steven Farmer and all the folks at the
University of Georgia, Gordon Elliot, Kate Neumann, Mary Jane
Crouch, and our tireless assistant, Michael Peay.
I’d like to thank the staff at The Lady & Sons. Without all of your
hard work, this book wouldn’t be possible. Thanks to my brother,
Jamie, my business partner and friend. I admire and love you.
Thank you, Mom and Dad, for teaching me what is really important
in life. To my friend and coach Sam Carter, thank you for helping
me be a better man. And to my friends Michael, Matt, Cindy, and
Ashley, thank you for eating all of my cooking!