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Southern foodways alliance community cookbook, edited by Sara Roahen and John T. Edge

eng

illustrations

index present

non fiction

Southern foodways alliance community cookbook

894026146

edited by Sara Roahen and John T. Edge

"Everybody has one in their collection. You know--those old, spiral or plastic-tooth-bound cookbooks sold to support a high school marching band, a church, or the local chapter of the Junior League. These recipe collections reflect, with unimpeachable authenticity, the dishes that define communities: chicken and dumplings, macaroni and cheese, chess pie. When the Southern Foodways Alliance began curating a cookbook, the serial-bound, sauce-splattered pages served as a model. Including more than 170 tested recipes, this cookbook is a true reflection of Southern foodways and the people, regardless of residence or birthplace, who claim this food as their own. Traditional and adapted, fancy and unapologetically plain, these recipes are powerful expressions of collective identity. There is something from--and something for--everyone. The recipes and the stories that accompany them came from academics, writers, catfish farmers, ham curers, attorneys, toqued chefs, and people who just like to cook--spiritual Southerners of myriad ethnicities, origins, and culinary skill levels."--Page 4 of cover

A taste : what we eat while we cook -- Gravy : where we begin -- Garden goods : straight from the dirt -- Roots : a sweet potato is not a yam -- Greens : from collards to mustards -- Rice : limpin', hoppin', and every which way -- Grist : biscuits, breads, and other grindstone goods -- Yardbird : chickens and eggs -- Pig : from snoot to tail -- The hook : pulled from our waters -- The hunt : deer camp and quail lodge cookery -- Put up : pickled, brined, jarred, and canned -- Cane : sweet stuff from the banana pudding republic -- More about the Southern Foodways Alliance