Although legal spirits in the Tar Heel state only go back about ten years, making liquor in North Carolina is not new. Wilkes County, which was once dubbed the “Moonshine Capital of the World,” was the leading producer of illegal liquor for decades. In 1965, Tom Wolfe’s article in Esquire—“The Last American Hero is Junior Johnson. Yes!”— made …
Tastes and tales from Mississippi’s Gulf Coast. The Mississippi Gulf Coast has long been a place where people and water are intertwined: the residents live, breathe, and eat the bounty of the Gulf. This collection of recipes from local chefs and essays showing the intimate relationship between people, industry, and environment provides a compelling portrait of one …
No southern food enthusiast should be without this gathering of 1,300 flavorful recipes for such classic dishes as fried chicken, cornbread, pickled watermelon rinds, and sweet potato pie.Southern Cooking had its origins in Henrietta Dull’s immensely popular cooking column in the Atlanta Journal, whose readers faithfully clipped its recipes. The demand for reprints of perennial favorites or early, …
Southern Living 2015 Annual Recipes: Over 650 Recipes From 2015! (Southern Living Annual Recipes)
Published since 1979, Southern Living Annual Recipes provides every single recipe from a year’s worth of Southern Living magazine in one complete volume. From family-style meals and easy-to-pull-together weekend brunches to everyday family-pleasing treats, this annual compilation presents the best of the South with dozens of menus and great tips from the renowned Southern Living test …
Mandy Rivers is the epitome of southern cooking! South Your Mouth recipes are easy to follow and turn out perfectly every time. They are good enough for Sunday dinner and easy enough for any time during the week.Mandy’s stories and sense of humor are unique and entertaining! Her food blog has become so popular, she was chosen by …
Aunt Bee and her friends have stirred up a cookbook that brings home all the flavor of “The Andy Griffith Show’s” Mayberry. You’ll enjoy most of the 300 mouth-watering recipes (but not all?included is the recipe for Kerosene Cucumbers) for the foods served by Aunt Bee and others in Mayberry. From good old-fashioned, down-home cooking to some of …
Smoke and Pickles: Recipes and Stories from a New Southern Kitchen
Chef Edward Lee’s story and his food could only happen in America. Raised in Brooklyn by a family of Korean immigrants, he eventually settled down in his adopted hometown of Louisville, Kentucky, where he owns the acclaimed restaurant 610 Magnolia. A multiple James Beard Award nominee for his unique patchwork cuisine, Edward creates recipes–filled with pickling, fermenting, frying, …
Today, in addition to being chivalrous, honest, and generous, a Southern gentleman is socially connected, well-traveled, and has an appetite for life. In this part-cookbook and part-guidebook, Matt Moore embraces a fresh perspective on what it means to cook, eat, and live as a true Southern Gentleman in the 21st century. Moore takes readers on an entertaining walk …
In recipes and reminiscences equally delicious, Edna Lewis celebrates the uniquely American country cooking she grew up with some fifty years ago in a small Virginia Piedmont farming community that had been settled by freed slaves. With menus for the four seasons, she shares the ways her family prepared and enjoyed food, savoring the delights of each special …
Recipe Revival: Southern Classics Reinvented for Modern Cooks
For over 50 years, Southern Living has been the authority on Southern food and cooking. inviting readers to share their beloved, often closely guarded recipes as a way to reflect the rich history and diversity of this unique region that is a bastion of great food. These recipes are like food memories passed down through generations of cooks …