Southern Food: At Home, on the Road, in History
by John Egerton
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Hailed as an instant classic when it appeared in 1987, John Egerton's Southern Food captures the flavor and feel of what it has meant for southerners, over the generations, to gather at the table. This book is for reading, for cooking, for eating (in and out), for referring to, for browsing in, and, above all, for enjoying. Egerton first explores southern food in more than 200 restaurants in eleven southern states; he describes their specialties and recounts his conversations with owners, show more cooks, waiters, and customers. Then, because some of the best southern cooking is done at home, Egerton offers more than 150 regional recipes, including barbecue, spoonbread, muscadine jam, and key lime pie, with informative and amusing information about each one. show lessTags
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This book is a combination of travel log, cookbook, and some other stuff. Besides the overviews, the main part of the book contains:
Eating Out: Southern Food in Restaurants
Eating In: Southern food at home
Conclusion: "An Elegant Sufficiency"
The bibliography contained in this book is worth the price of the book. The quotes in the sidebars are wonderful. My only quarrel, and it's not really one, is that the author stops short of Texas in his discussion of BBQ. I've sent to roster of restaurants to traveling friends.
Eating Out: Southern Food in Restaurants
Eating In: Southern food at home
Conclusion: "An Elegant Sufficiency"
The bibliography contained in this book is worth the price of the book. The quotes in the sidebars are wonderful. My only quarrel, and it's not really one, is that the author stops short of Texas in his discussion of BBQ. I've sent to roster of restaurants to traveling friends.
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John Egerton was born on June 14, 1935. He received an undergraduate degree from the University of Kentucky after serving two years in the Army and then went into public relations. He moved to Nashville, Tennessee in 1965 to work for the Southern Education Reporting Service, which monitored integration efforts following the Supreme Court's show more decision in Brown v. Board of Education. The job led to a prolific career filled with newspaper jobs, magazine assignments and books. His first book, A Mind to Stay Here, was published in 1970. During his lifetime, he wrote 10 historical and literary books and contributed to several more as a writer and editor. His other works include The Americanization of Dixie: The Southernization of America and Southern Food: At Home, on the Road, in History. He won the Robert F. Kennedy Book Award for Speak Now Against the Day: The Generation Before the Civil Rights Movement in the South and the Lillian Smith Book Award for Generations: An American Family. He was the co-creator of the documentary A Child Shall Lead Them, about the desegregation of Nashville's schools. He co-founded the Southern Foodways Alliance, dedicated to Southern food and culture. He died of an apparent heart attack on November 21, 2013 at the age of 78. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Nonfiction, Food & Cooking, General Nonfiction
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- 641.5975 — Applied Science & Technology Home economics & family management Food, Cooking & Recipes / Meals, Picnics Cooking; cookbooks Ethnic Cookbooks North America Southeastern U.S.
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- TX715.2 .S68 .E343 — Technology Home economics Home economics Cooking
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