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The Southerner's Cookbook: Recipes, Wisdom, and Stories

✍️ Editors of Garden and Gun
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🏛 Harper Wave 📅 2015 📔 Hardcover ISBN: 9780062242419

📝 Description: The Southerner's Cookbook: Recipes, Wisdom, and Stories

FromGarden & Gun the magazine that features the best of Southern cooking, dining, cocktails, and customs comes an heirloom-quality guide to the traditions and innovations that define today s Southern food culture, with more than 100 recipes and 4-color photography throughout. From well-loved classics like biscuits and fried chicken to uniquely regional dishes such as sonker (Piedmont, North Carolina s take on cobbler) or Minorcan chowder (Florida s version of clam chowder), each recipe inThe Southerner s Cookbook tells a story about Southern food and its origins. With contributions from some of the South s finest chefs, a glossary of cooking terms, and essays from many of the magazine s most beloved writers, The Southerner s Cookbookis much more than simply a collection of recipes: it is a true reflection of the South s culinary past, present, and future*Named one of Eater s Best New Cookbooks for Fall 2015**Selected as one of Vanity Fair s 18 Best New Cookbooks *"

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This gorgeous guide successfully blends striking four-color photography with a rich tapestry of recipes and essays, honoring the vast heritage of Southern cooking. It manages to balance well-loved staples with unique regional discoveries, offering both historical context and practical kitchen guidance from top culinary talents. However, absolute beginners seeking lightning-fast, highly streamlined weeknight dinners with minimal ingredients may find the narrative depth and regional specificity more expansive than they require. Similarly, cooks looking exclusively for hyper-modern or strictly minimalist interpretations of food might feel overwhelmed by the heavy emphasis on traditional storytelling and localized heritage. Ultimately, it is a magnificent acquisition for dedicated collectors of regional American food culture, provided they relish a heavy dose of cultural history alongside their cooking instructions.
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This gorgeous guide successfully blends striking four-color photography with a rich tapestry of recipes and essays, honoring the vast heritage of Southern cooking. It manages to balance well-loved staples with unique regional discoveries, offering both historical context and practical kitchen guidance from top culinary talents. However, absolute beginners seeking lightning-fast, highly streamlined weeknight dinners with minimal ingredients may find the narrative depth and regional specificity more expansive than they require. Similarly, cooks looking exclusively for hyper-modern or strictly minimalist interpretations of food might feel overwhelmed by the heavy emphasis on traditional storytelling and localized heritage. Ultimately, it is a magnificent acquisition for dedicated collectors of regional American food culture, provided they relish a heavy dose of cultural history alongside their cooking instructions.

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