![]() ![]() ![]() In addition to sharing some amazing recipes, I will share my own story of survival. Our food-soul food-tells a story about survival. As long as I can remember, we have taken whatever we’ve had and made it sing-no matter how poor or few those ingredients were. Soul food is more than just a style of cooking that has come out of the African American experience it’s the true melody of American food. That means you put your heart into it, you put your love into it, and you put your history into it. Sweetie Pie’s Cookbook is my opportunity to share my special recipes with you, just like you were standing next to me in my own kitchen.Īs far as I’m concerned, the most important thing to know about how I cook is that this is food with soul. All you folks who come into Sweetie Pie’s and watch Welcome to Sweetie Pie’s on the Oprah Winfrey Network and all you folks who have listened to my music all these years are part of my family. Now my family has gotten too big to teach each and every one of you my secrets in person-that’s right, I said you. Where I’m from folks didn’t cook out of cookbooks, much less write them-you just cooked! Someone taught you and you taught someone else. When I was sixteen years old and helping my mother cook dinner for my eight brothers and sisters, the last thing I was thinking about was a cookbook. Sweetie Pie's Cookbook includes 75-100 gorgeous color photos and an Index. Through her show and this special cookbook, Miss Robbie hopes to maintain the place of soul food cooking-its recipes, history, and legacy-in American culture for decades to come. Louis, using her formidable cooking talent to open a soul food restaurant that would make her legend. When a collapsed lung prematurely ended her singing career, Miss Robbie returned to St. Miss Robbie began her culinary career on the road-in the segregated America of the1960s, finding welcoming restaurants in small cities and towns was often challenging for African-Americans. Robbie takes you into the kitchen to prepare her most favored meals-smothered pork chops, salmon croquettes, baked chicken-and tells you heartfelt and humorous stories, including amazing tales from her life at the restaurant and on the road as a back-up singer. Now, at seventy-two, Miss Robbie passes down those traditions for generations of fans to enjoy in Sweetie Pie's Cookbook. Louis kitchen, Robbie learned to prepare dozens of classic soul food dishes. Working side by side with her mother in their St. Louis, Robbie Montgomery, the oldest of nine children, was often responsible for putting meals on the family table. Website: Facebook: beloved owner of the wildly popular Sweetie Pie's restaurant, and star of the OWN reality television show Welcome to Sweetie Pie's shares recipes for her renowned soul food and the lessons she's learned on the path to success. Website: Facebook: Twitter: Turner Heritage Days To stay updated on the happening at WTDHC, visit the following links: Separately, tour tickets are $10 each and a seat at the tribute show are $20 each. Tickets to the event can be purchased on site or in advance at Packages including a tour and admission to the nightly show are available for $30. Luisa Marshall (Award Winning Show seen on Oprah Winfrey Show & Ellen)Ĩ:30 AM – Woodlawn Missionary Baptist Church service (Tina’s former place of worship) Samira Truly Tina (Reel Award Winning Show, featured in the Wall Street Journal) Larry Edwards (Miss Congeniality 2, Entertainment Tonight, The Tonight Show, etc.) To get a full overview of the weekend’s activities, see below:Ħ:30 PM – Karaoke, trivia and TinaFam Dance OffĢ PM – Miss Robbie Montgomery – Ikette and OWN Welcome to Sweetie Pie’s star book signing.Ĩ AM – 12 PM – Tours of Tina’s childhood communities (Nutbush, former homes, church, etc.)ħ PM – Tina Tribute Show at Carver High School gymnasium (Tina’s high school).ĭonovan Marcelle (Only fan to ever be invited on stage to perform with Tina) “Her soul food recipes are sure to be a hit in the fans households and her stories as a back-up singer and dancer for our hometown icon are going to create a priceless event for Tina’s most devoted fans.”įans can attend the conversation with Miss Robbie Montgomery and acquire an autographed copy of her latest book on site at the West Tennessee Delta Heritage Center on Saturday, September 24th beginning at 2PM. “We are honored that Miss Robbie is taking time out of her busy schedule to make a stop at our fifth annual Tina Turner Heritage Days,” says West Tennessee Delta Heritage Center Executive Director Sonia Outlaw-Clark. Cooking up what is sure to be the best Tina Turner Heritage Days to date, the Oprah Winfrey Network Welcome to Sweetie Pie’s star and former Ikette Miss Robbie Montgomery will be signing her latest book Sweetie Pie’s Cookbook at the Tina Turner Museum during the fifth annual celebration on Saturday, September 24th at 2 PM. ![]()
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