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"A love letter to the Southern biscuit, honoring its place in Black culinary culture and beyond with over 50 delicious recipes and a striking story to tell. Part cookbook, part cultural history, part memoir, Still We Rise is a tribute to the glories of flour, butter, and buttermilk baked tall, tender, and flaky. Erika Council is the founder and head baker of the renowned Bomb Biscuit Company in Atlanta, Georgia. The granddaughter of legendary soul...

The sharing of food is akin to the sharing of one's heart, and Patsy Caldwell and Amy Lyles Wilson can think of no better way to "be sweet."

There are myriad ways to "be sweet" such as volunteering at the homeless shelter, remembering an aunt’s birthday, and writing thank-you notes. Then, there is food: baking a pie for a new neighbor, icing a cake for a coworker who is ill, or mixing up a batch of brownies

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Are you Fixin' to Eat? Fixin' to Eat: Southern Cooking for the Southern at Heart invites you to pull up a chair at the Southern table and celebrate the heart of homestyle Southern cooking with time-honored dishes that reflect the South's rich culinary traditions and innovations.Passed from generation to generation, these recipes tell the story of Southern food one sumptuous dish at a time. Each chapter is layered with charming illustrations and helpful...

On his way to Tennessee to a neighborhood reunion, Sam McLeod looks back to his deep-fried roots to a simpler time.

April McKinney celebrates the tradition of packing up your best food and enjoying a meal outdoors. When most people say they are going out to eat, they usually mean out to a restaurant. But it could mean a front porch brunch with your closest friends; a nighttime concert in the park; a tailgate party at the stadium; a moonlit dinner at the drive-in movie theater; or a picnic at a vineyard. In The Outdoor Table, you'll find delicious dishes such...

In most of Ben’s experiences, the humble Southern chefs share their long protected family recipes but it’s not an adventure if everyone cooperates. Some of these institutions guard their recipes like members of the family.

To the untrained eater, the secret ingredients it takes to create such an iconic dish would remain a bewitching mystery without the original formula. However, Ben’s journey and

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"A lyrical culinary journey that explores the hidden stories of Black Appalachians through powerful essays and forty comforting recipes from the Poet Laureate of Kentucky. Years ago, when O. Henry Prize-winning writer Crystal Wilkinson was baking a jam cake, she felt her late grandmother's presence. She soon realized that she was not the only cook in her kitchen; There were an abundance of ancestors stirring, measuring, and braising with her. These...

Sallie Ann Robinson was born and reared on Daufuskie Island, one of the South Carolina Sea Islands well known for their Gullah culture. Although technology and development were slow in coming to Daufuskie, the island is now changing rapidly. With this book, Robinson highlights some of her favorite memories and delicious recipes from life on Daufuskie, where the islanders traditionally ate what they grew in the soil, caught in the river, and hunted...

Soul food is the cuisine of the Deep South where millions of African Americans left behind when they moved North, Midwest, and West during "The Great Migration" in 1910s to the 1970s.The types of food used in most soul food dishes include cornmeal, greens, beans and pork. In fact, pork is used in many ways when making soul food dishes, in seasoning stews and vegetables as well as in pickling and dehydrating pork rinds and similar foods.This book will...

From Southern Grit author, Top Chef winner, TV personality, and queen of Southern hospitality Kelsey Barnard Clark, here are more than 100 irresistible recipes perfect for a crowd, plus all the expert wisdom and inspiration you need to host exceptional gatherings. Call some friends, arrange some flowers, and whip up a quick bite. Let's get the party started, y'all! Chef Kelsey Barnard Clark catered her first wedding at age fifteen and has been...