The Glory of Southern Cooking: Recipes for the Best Beer-battered Fried Chicken, Cracklin' Biscuits, Carolina Pulled Pork, Fried Okra, Kentucky Cheese ... Cake, and 375 Other Delectible Dishes - Brossura

Villas, James

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ISBN 10: 1118383583 ISBN 13: 9781118383582

Casa editrice: Harvest, 2012

Riassunto

The definitive Southern cookbook from renowned food writer James Villas—now in paperback!

From James Villas comes this definitive Southern cookbook, featuring fascinating Southern lore, cooking tips, and 388 glorious recipes for any occasion. It includes traditional favorites, delicious regional specialties, and new recipes from some of the South's most famous and innovative chefs, like Louis Osteen and Paul Prudhomme.

Comprehensive and authoritative, the book features favorites like buttermilk biscuits, fried chicken, grits, cornbread, and pecan pie. Plus, Villas includes colorful stories, anecdotes, and Southern lore throughout the book, adding the kind of local color and charm you'd only get in the South and only from a writer like Villas.

• Includes delicious and authentic Southern recipes for everything from cocktail and tea foods to main courses and desserts
• Features lists of ingredients, equipment, and Southern terms non-natives will want to know
• Written by James Villas, proud North Carolina native, and author of Pig and From the Ground Up, both from Wiley

All across the South, from Maryland to Louisiana and everywhere in between, food is culture. Dig into it with James Villas and enjoy The Glory of Southern Cooking for yourself.

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L'autore:

JAMES VILLAS was the food and wine editor of Town & Country magazine for twenty-seven years. His work has also appeared in Esquire, Food & Wine, Gourmet, Bon Appétit, Saveur, the New York Times, and the Atlantic Monthly, among other publications. His cookbook Pig: King of the Southern Table won a James Beard Award in 2011, and three others have been nominated for the Beard Award. He has also won two Beard Awards for journalism and received Bon Appétit's Food Writer of the Year Award in 2004. He is the author of eighteen cookbooks and books on food, including My Mother's Southern Kitchen, Between Bites, The Bacon Cookbook, and From the Ground Up.

Dalla quarta di copertina:

"This book is a must for anyone who loves good food, or loves to cook, or who just enjoys wonderful writing. It couldn't be better from a master cook and writer."
?Barbara Kafka

"There're a lot of books on Southern cooking knocking around, but this one's a real keeper. James Villas knows his stuff, maybe better than anyone else in the field. His text is charming, his information fascinating, his recipes good and true. After reading this book, I now believe, as Villas maintains, that southern American cooking is our one legitimate regional cuisine."
?Paula Wolfert

"Jim Villas was born to write The Glory of Southern Cooking, and this wonderful book is as much about keeping the faith as it is the best ever written about this highly regional cuisine."
?John Mariani, author of The Encyclopedia of American Food and Drink

"In case of fire, grab James Villas's book The Glory of Southern Cooking, and run out the door. It will not be necessary to replace any other cookbooks in your library because this one provides a lifetime of great food."
?Jane and Michael Stern, authors of Roadfood and Contributing Editors of Gourmet magazine

This exuberant celebration of Southern cooking offers 388 glorious recipes for every meal and occasion?from staples like barbecue, collard greens, cornbread, and cobblers to regional specialties unknown even to many Southerners. Throughout the book, legendary author James Villas includes his own lively opinions on Southern history, lore, and cooking. With fundamental cooking tips and sixteen pages of striking color photographs, The Glory of Southern Cooking is a must-have for everyone who loves great food.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Harvest
• Data di pubblicazione: 2012
• ISBN 10: 1118383583
• ISBN 13: 9781118383582
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 432