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House of Smoke

A Southerner Goes Searching for Home

by John T. Edge ...

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • The author of The Potlikker Papers: A Food History of the Modern South tells his own story this time. Of growing up in a house wrecked by violence and a South haunted by racism. And of how his search for home led him to find escape and belonging through food. Until he realizes that gathering at the table is just one small step toward reckoning.“A story for all Americans on a ... Read more

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NATIONAL BESTSELLER • The author of The Potlikker Papers: A Food History of the Modern South tells his own story this time. Of growing up in a house wrecked by violence and a South haunted by racism. And of how his search for home led him to find escape and belonging through food. Until he realizes that gathering at the table is just one small step toward reckoning.“A story for all Americans on a
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The Potlikker Papers

A Food History of the Modern South

by John T. Edge ...

**“The one food book you must read this year."*—Southern LivingOne of Christopher Kimball’s Six Favorite Books About Food*A people’s history that reveals how Southerners shaped American culinary identity and how race relations impacted Southern food culture over six revolutionary decades**Like great provincial dishes around the world, potlikker is a salvage food. During the antebellum era, slave ... Read more

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**“The one food book you must read this year."*—Southern LivingOne of Christopher Kimball’s Six Favorite Books About Food*A people’s history that reveals how Southerners shaped American culinary identity and how race relations impacted Southern food culture over six revolutionary decades**Like great provincial dishes around the world, potlikker is a salvage food. During the antebellum era, slave
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Pickles, Pigs & Whiskey

Recipes from My Three Favorite Food Groups and Then Some

by John Currence ...

The James Beard Award-winning chef shares stories of Southern life and recipes from his renowned Mississippi restaurants in this illustrated cookbook.In this irreverent yet serious look at contemporary Southern food, Chef John Currence shares 130 recipes organized by 10 different techniques, such as Simmering, Slathering, Pickling, and Smoking, just to name a few. Then John spices things up with ... Read more

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The James Beard Award-winning chef shares stories of Southern life and recipes from his renowned Mississippi restaurants in this illustrated cookbook.In this irreverent yet serious look at contemporary Southern food, Chef John Currence shares 130 recipes organized by 10 different techniques, such as Simmering, Slathering, Pickling, and Smoking, just to name a few. Then John spices things up with
... Read more
Republic of Barbecue

Stories Beyond the Brisket

by S. D. Engelhardt ...

Series series Bridwell Texas History Series
Explore the world of barbecue as food and culture through first-person stories from pit masters, barbecue joint owners, sausage makers, and wood suppliers.It's no overstatement to say that the state of Texas is a republic of barbecue. Whether it's brisket, sausage, ribs, or chicken, barbecue feeds friends while they catch up, soothes tensions at political events, fuels community festivals, ... Read more

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Explore the world of barbecue as food and culture through first-person stories from pit masters, barbecue joint owners, sausage makers, and wood suppliers.It's no overstatement to say that the state of Texas is a republic of barbecue. Whether it's brisket, sausage, ribs, or chicken, barbecue feeds friends while they catch up, soothes tensions at political events, fuels community festivals,
... Read more
Pickles, Pigs & Whiskey

Recipes from My Three Favorite Food Groups and Then Some

by John Currence ...

The James Beard Award-winning chef shares stories of Southern life and recipes from his renowned Mississippi restaurants in this illustrated cookbook.In this irreverent yet serious look at contemporary Southern food, Chef John Currence shares 130 recipes organized by 10 different techniques, such as Simmering, Slathering, Pickling, and Smoking, just to name a few. Then John spices things up with ... Read more

$12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

The James Beard Award-winning chef shares stories of Southern life and recipes from his renowned Mississippi restaurants in this illustrated cookbook.In this irreverent yet serious look at contemporary Southern food, Chef John Currence shares 130 recipes organized by 10 different techniques, such as Simmering, Slathering, Pickling, and Smoking, just to name a few. Then John spices things up with
... Read more
Vinegar and Char

Verse from the Southern Foodways Alliance

by Kevin Young, Natasha Trethewey, Frank X Walker, Rebecca Gayle Howell, Michael McFee, Jake Adam York, Elisa Albo, Elizabeth Alexander, Richard Blanco, Devon Brenner, Gaylord Brewer, Jericho Brown, Molly McCully Brown, Nickole Brown, Greg Alan Brownderville, Gabrielle Calvocoressi, Wo Chan, Melissa Dickson Jackson, Kelly Norman Ellis, Beth Fennelly, Nikky Finney, Vievee Francis, Diane Gilliam, Nikki Giovanni, Elton Glaser, Sean Hill, Jay Hopler, TJ Jarrett, Honorée Fanonne Jeffers, Georgia Ella Lyon, Ed Madden, Jo McDougall, Rose McLarney, Erika Meitner, Robert Morgan, Jon Pineda, Iain Haley Pollock, Lynn Powell, Artsuro Riley, Iliana Rocha, Natalie Scenters-Zepico, Brian Spears, Sheryl St. Germain, Garland Strother, Adrienne Su, Sarah Anne Loudin Thomas, Jon Tribble, Adam Vines, Caroline Randall Williams, L. Lamar Wilson, Sylvia Woods, Marianne Worthington, Naomi Shihab Nye, Ashley M. Jones, Shorlette Ammons ...

Yes, there is barbecue, but that’s just one course of the meal. With Vinegar and Char the Southern Foodways Alliance celebrates twenty years of symposia by offering a collection of poems that are by turns as sophisticated and complex, as vivid and funny, and as buoyant and poignant as any SFA gathering.The roster of contributors includes Natasha Trethewey, Robert Morgan, Atsuro Riley, Adrienne Su, ... Read more

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Yes, there is barbecue, but that’s just one course of the meal. With Vinegar and Char the Southern Foodways Alliance celebrates twenty years of symposia by offering a collection of poems that are by turns as sophisticated and complex, as vivid and funny, and as buoyant and poignant as any SFA gathering.The roster of contributors includes Natasha Trethewey, Robert Morgan, Atsuro Riley, Adrienne Su,
... Read more
Cornbread Nation 7

The Best of Southern Food Writing

by Francis Lam, John T. Edge, John T. Edge, Sara Camp Milam, Sara Camp Milam, Daniel Patterson, Susan Orlean, Sara Roahen, Edward Lee, Eddie Huang0, Sara Wood1, Ida MaMusu2, Kathleen Purvis3, Argentina Ortega4, Nikki Metzgar5, Todd Kliman6, Robert F. Moss7, Rayna Green8, Burkhard Bilger9, Barry Estabrook0, Gabriel Thompson1, Besha Rodell2, Jane Black3, Bill Heavey4, Dan Baum5, Jonathan Miles6, Sue Nguyen7, Julia Reed8, Seán McKeithan9, Sarah Hepola0, Patricia Smith1, John Sullivan2, Amy Evans3, Ann Taylor Pittman4, Jack Pendarvis5, Jeffrey Steingarten6, Mary Louise Nosser7, Langston Hughes8, Jessica B. Harris9, Stephen A. Crockett Jr.0, Monique Truong1, Brett Anderson2, Courtney Balestier3, Joe St. Columbia4, Joe York5, Jake Adam York6, Robb Walsh7, Kevin Young8, Lolis Eric Elie9, Estate of Lucille Clifton0 ...

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How does Southern food look from the outside? The form is caught in constantly dueling stereotypes: It’s so often imagined as either the touchingly down-home feast or the heartstopping health scourge of a nation. But as any Southern transplant will tell you once they’ve spent time in the region, Southerners share their lives in food, with a complex mix of stories of belonging and not belonging and ... Read more

$27.99 USD

How does Southern food look from the outside? The form is caught in constantly dueling stereotypes: It’s so often imagined as either the touchingly down-home feast or the heartstopping health scourge of a nation. But as any Southern transplant will tell you once they’ve spent time in the region, Southerners share their lives in food, with a complex mix of stories of belonging and not belonging and
... Read more
The World in a Skillet

A Food Lover's Tour of the New American South

by Paul Knipple, Angela Knipple ...

Paul and Angela Knipple’s culinary tour of the contemporary American South celebrates the flourishing of global food traditions “down home.” Drawing on the authors' firsthand interviews and reportage from Richmond to Mobile and enriched by a cornucopia of photographs and original recipes, the book presents engaging, poignant profiles of a host of first-generation immigrants from all over the world ... Read more

$23.79 USD

Paul and Angela Knipple’s culinary tour of the contemporary American South celebrates the flourishing of global food traditions “down home.” Drawing on the authors' firsthand interviews and reportage from Richmond to Mobile and enriched by a cornucopia of photographs and original recipes, the book presents engaging, poignant profiles of a host of first-generation immigrants from all over the world
... Read more
Remembering Bill Neal

Favorite Recipes from a Life in Cooking

by Moreton Neal ...

A gifted chef, restaurateur, and writer working at a time when Americans were beginning to take a new interest in their culinary heritage, Bill Neal (1950-1991) helped raise Southern food to national prominence.Having rescued spattered and faded recipe cards from the Chapel Hill restaurant they founded together, Bill’s former wife and business partner, Moreton Neal, has compiled a book that ... Read more

$18.99 USD

A gifted chef, restaurateur, and writer working at a time when Americans were beginning to take a new interest in their culinary heritage, Bill Neal (1950-1991) helped raise Southern food to national prominence.Having rescued spattered and faded recipe cards from the Chapel Hill restaurant they founded together, Bill’s former wife and business partner, Moreton Neal, has compiled a book that
... Read more
The New Encyclopedia of Southern Culture

Volume 7: Foodways

by Charles Reagan Wilson ...

Series Book 7 - The New Encyclopedia of Southern Culture
When the original Encyclopedia of Southern Culture was published in 1989, the topic of foodways was relatively new as a field of scholarly inquiry. Food has always been central to southern culture, but the past twenty years have brought an explosion in interest in foodways, particularly in the South. This volume marks the first encyclopedia of the food culture of the American South, surveying the ... Read more

$18.99 USD

When the original Encyclopedia of Southern Culture was published in 1989, the topic of foodways was relatively new as a field of scholarly inquiry. Food has always been central to southern culture, but the past twenty years have brought an explosion in interest in foodways, particularly in the South. This volume marks the first encyclopedia of the food culture of the American South, surveying the
... Read more
The Larder

Food Studies Methods from the American South

by Andrew Warnes, Angela Jill Cooley, Beth Latshaw, Carolyn de la Peña, David S. Shields, Jessica B. Harris, Justin A. Nystrom, Katie Rawson, Marcie Ferris, Psyche Williams-Forson, Rayna Green, Rebecca Sharpless, Rien Fertel, Tom Hanchett, Wiley C. Prewitt Jr. ...

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The sixteen essays in The Larder argue that the study of food does not simply help us understand more about what we eat and the foodways we embrace. The methods and strategies herein help scholars use food and foodways as lenses to examine human experience. The resulting conversations provoke a deeper understanding of our overlapping, historically situated, and evolving cultures and societies.The ... Read more

$33.99 USD

The sixteen essays in The Larder argue that the study of food does not simply help us understand more about what we eat and the foodways we embrace. The methods and strategies herein help scholars use food and foodways as lenses to examine human experience. The resulting conversations provoke a deeper understanding of our overlapping, historically situated, and evolving cultures and societies.The
... Read more
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The Potlikker Papers

A Food History of the Modern South

by John T. Edge ...

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10 hours 7 min

A people's history of Southern food that reveals how the region came to be at the forefront of American culinary culture and how issues of race have shaped Southern cuisine over the last six decadesTHE POTLIKKER PAPERS tells the story of food and politics in the South over the last half century. Beginning with the pivotal role of cooks in the Civil Rights movement, noted authority John T. Edge ... Read more

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A people's history of Southern food that reveals how the region came to be at the forefront of American culinary culture and how issues of race have shaped Southern cuisine over the last six decadesTHE POTLIKKER PAPERS tells the story of food and politics in the South over the last half century. Beginning with the pivotal role of cooks in the Civil Rights movement, noted authority John T. Edge
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