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Binding: HardcoverDewey Decimal Number: 641.5975 EAN: 9780060761783 ISBN: 0060761784 Label: William Morrow Cookbooks Manufacturer: William Morrow Cookbooks Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 464 Publication Date: October 16, 2007 Publisher: William Morrow Cookbooks Release Date: October 16, 2007 Studio: William Morrow Cookbooks Related Items:
Editorial Review: Product Description: More than a cookbook, this is the story of how a little girl, born in the South of Yankee parents, fell in love with southern cooking at the age of five. And a bite of brown sugar pie was all it took. "I shamelessly wangled supper invitations from my playmates," Anderson admits. "But I was on a voyage of discovery, and back then iron-skillet corn bread seemed more exotic than my mom's Boston brown bread and yellow squash pudding more appealing than mashed parsnips." After college up north, Anderson worked in rural North Carolina as an assistant home demonstration agent, scarfing good country cooking seven days a week: crispy "battered" chicken, salt-rising bread, wild persimmon pudding, Jerusalem artichoke pickles, Japanese fruitcake. Later, as a New York City magazine editor, then a freelancer, Anderson covered the South, interviewing cooks and chefs, sampling local specialties, and scribbling notebooks full of recipes. Now, at long last, Anderson shares her lifelong exploration of the South's culinary heritage and not only introduces the characters she met en route but also those men and women who helped shape America's most distinctive regional cuisine—people like Thomas Jefferson, Mary Randolph, George Washington Carver, Eugenia Duke, and Colonel Harlan Sanders. Anderson gives us the backstories on such beloved Southern brands as Pepsi-Cola, Jack Daniel's, Krispy Kreme doughnuts, MoonPies, Maxwell House coffee, White Lily flour, and Tabasco sauce. She builds a time line of important southern food firsts—from Ponce de León's reconnaissance in the "Island of Florida" (1513) to the reactivation of George Washington's still at Mount Vernon (2007). For those who don't know a Chincoteague from a chinquapin, she adds a glossary of southern food terms and in a handy address book lists the best sources for stone-ground grits, country ham, sweet sorghum, boiled peanuts, and other hard-to-find southern foods. Recipes? There are two hundred classic and contemporary, plain and fancy, familiar and unfamiliar, many appearing here for the first time. Each recipe carries a headnote—to introduce the cook whence it came, occasionally to share snippets of lore or back-stairs gossip, and often to explain such colorful recipe names as Pine Bark Stew, Chicken Bog, and Surry County Sonker. Add them all up and what have you got? One lip-smackin' southern feast! Average Rating:
 Rating: - What most Southerners already know!This was a gift to a southern couple who've moved to the Heartland, a place that's never heard of "sweet tea" and vinegar-based barbeque! The book has many southern stories that can be retold and embellished to win over their midwestern friends in both mind and belly! All regions have their own special foods and they're usually very tasty, but an entire cookbook of southern specialties is a must-have! It's well-written and mouth-watering. Rating: - Mouth Watering!This book is incredible. Well written and entertaining. The recipes are fantastic and many are easy to do. The only thing you need when reading this is a napkin because everything you read will make your mouth water! Rating: - great read...great recipesExtremely well researched and written about Southern cooking. The style is easy to read and enjoyable. While I generally prefer a lot of color photos, this book doesn't need them to keep my interest. Well done. Rating: - Best Southern Cookbook on the marketThis is a fantastic cookbook for those who want to know how to cook "Southern-style." I bought this book because I was trying to duplicate some of the recipes my mother and grandmother cooked (and which I failed to get from them and now its too late). This cookbook did not disappoint. I've bought other Old South cookbooks, but none of them compared to the comprehensive nature of this book. Also, the history behind the recipes and foods was an added bonus. Since buying my copy, I have purchased ... Read More Rating: - wonderful-!I have fallen in love with this cookbook-I am originally from NC, and this brings back so many special memories-I love the inserts about Coke, Cheerwine, Little Debbie, Lance nabs, etc- and the recipes are super. They taste good, plus the directions given are very clear. ---I have ordered 4 more for gifts-I think friends will really enjoy this special cookbook. 
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