{"product_id":"you-be-sweet-sharing-your-heart-one-down-home-dessert-at-a-time-9780785250739","title":"You Be Sweet: Sharing Your Heart One Down-Home Dessert at a Time","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe sharing of food is akin to the sharing of one's heart, and Patsy Caldwell and Amy Lyles Wilson can think of no better way to \"be sweet.\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThere are myriad ways to \"be sweet\" such as volunteering at the homeless shelter, remembering an aunt's birthday, and writing thank-you notes. Then, there is food: baking a pie for a new neighbor, icing a cake for a coworker who is ill, or mixing up a batch of brownies for a family gathering.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese are the types of food traditions that inspire \u003cem\u003eYou Be Sweet\u003c\/em\u003e, a celebration of southern dessert recipes and the people who cherish them. In this compilation of stories and sweet treats, Patsy Caldwell and Amy Lyles Wilson peek in on those occasions special enough to demand something decadent, and memorable enough to be repeated time and again.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eYou Be Sweet\u003c\/em\u003e, you'll find delicious down-home desserts such as: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGerman Chocolate Cake Rolls\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDoughtnut Bread Pudding with Vanilla Sauce\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMiss Vara's Cherry-Berry Jam Cake with Caramel Icing\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eKey Lime-Lemon Cake\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBlueberry Beignets with White Chocolate Sauce\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eYou Be Sweet \u003c\/em\u003eis about more than just food but present the opportunity for connection and community and inspire you to serve up a piece of yourself to others as an expression of welcome, sympathy, celebration, or concern.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eCaldwell, Patsy:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003ePatsy Caldwell has been a culinary professional for more than fifty years in a career that has included teaching, catering, cooking, and writing. She is a mother of two and grandmother of two. She lives in Charlotte, Tennessee, next to the water tower with her husband Bill, where they enjoy entertaining anywhere from two to twenty-two people, depending on the occasion.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWilson, Amy Lyles:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eWriter Amy Lyles Wilson was born and raised in Jackson, Mississippi. Now based in Nashville, Tennessee, Wilson wrote the text for the \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestselling cookbook \u003cem\u003eCooking with Friends\u003c\/em\u003e, and her essay \"The Guts to Keep Going,\" about helping her mother adjust to widowhood, was featured on National Public Radio's \"This I Believe\" and appears in \u003cem\u003eThis I Believe II: More Personal Philosophies from Remarkable Men and Women\u003c\/em\u003e (Henry Holt, 2008). Wilson holds academic degrees from Millsaps College, the University of Mississippi, and Vanderbilt University Divinity School. An affiliate of Amherst Writers and Artists, she leads writing workshops on such topics as creativity, spirituality, and grief. You can find her at www.amylyleswilson.com.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper Celebrate","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51453525786898,"sku":"9780785250739","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_99e36e68-3c7d-4f53-92cd-b0f8ffa7cb66.jpg?v=1751972297","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/you-be-sweet-sharing-your-heart-one-down-home-dessert-at-a-time-9780785250739","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}