Southern Cooking to Remember
Author: Kathryn Tucker Windham
Commercialized "Southern Cooking," the kind advertised by gaudy signs along highways in the South, has almost spoiled the reputation of real southern food.
The tasty dishes offered here in this delightful cookbook, despite what crass promoters and bigoted detractors say, prove that not all "Real Southern Food" is fried. Nor is it typically greasy or heavy and monotonous.
According to Kathryn Tucker Windham, the fine cook and deep-dyed Alabaman who compiled these recipes throughout the South, the notion that southern cookery must have its taste disguished by heavy slatherings of catsup is blasphemous.
Southern food is as delightful and as varied as the region from which it comes -- shrimp gumbo simmered in kitchens along the Gulf Coast, roast venison from Alabama's piney woods, wild ducks from Georgia's marshland, tall stacks of Tennessee in-fare cakes, charlotte piled high in crystal bowls, dewberry cobbler, scuppernong wine, tender turnip greens with wedges of hot cornbread, peas cooked with ham hocks. Brunswick stew made by an old family recipe, fresh fish with hush puppies, chess pie, squash souffle, spoon bread, smothered quail with baked grits, chicken fried to a crisp, thick slices of country ham with red-eye gravy. The list goes on and on, as good Deep South cooks and discriminating diners know.
Here is a collection of real southern recipes, a sampling of the foods that make even the simplest southern meal a memorable experience.
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Innocent Smoothie Recipe Book: 57 1/2 Recipes from Our Kitchen to Yours
Author: Innocent
Innocent smoothies and juices are sold in cafes and shops throughout the British Isles, with the company's insistence on all-natural ingredients proving a winning policy in these health-conscious times. At Innocent, taste is paramount, and their new book focuses on drinks that are not only healthy but delicious. Honeyed Pear and Ginger, Cantaloupe and Peach, and Strawberry and Rhubarb are just a few of the smoothies on offer, and there are also tasty fruit and vegetable juice concoctions and drinks created especially for kids. A joy for anyone who's serious about good health and great taste.
