South

From a Southern Oven: The Savories, The Sweets

“ This beautiful cookbook is divided into two main sections: The Savories and The Sweets. With such a great selection of recipes in this book everyone should be able to find something that awakens the taste buds. I love that Anderson gives a little introduction before each and every recipe. Sometimes she gives additional tips for the recipe or just a little antidote on how the recipe...” --heath67013

Southern Comfort: A New Take on the Recipes We Grew Up With

“ Being born and brought up in Maine, we made an occasional sojourn to the southern part of our eastern seaboard.  When we did, I remember, we seemed to eat at those chain restraints that offer a watered down version of the local cuisine that would appeal to most travelers.  That was what I grew up thinking southern cooking was.  Kentucky Fried Chicken was the best the south had...” --JustPJ

A New Turn in the South: Southern Flavors Reinvented for Your Kitchen

“ Southern food is experiencing somewhat of a renaissance at the moment, and part of this new fascination can probably be linked to Hugh Acheson.  At his restaurant, Five and Ten in Athens, Georgia, Hugh takes Southern traditional specialties and puts a creative culinary spin on them that elevates them to the kind of food you'd expect at a fancy restaurant.  I haven't been to the...” --prtybrd

Southern Plate: Classic Comfort Food That Makes Everyone Feel Like Family

“ Reviewed by Sara Powell   Christy Jordan, like many new cookbook authors, originally claimed an audience on her blog about Southern cooking.  Espousing quick, comforting meals for families, she quickly gained a following that caught the eye of a publisher.  Now her recipes are available in book form, in addition to remaining a part of her blog.   The book itself is...” --ChefTalk.com

The Gift of Southern Cooking: Recipes and Revelations from Two Great American Cooks

Edna Lewis--whose The Taste of Country Cooking has become an American classic--and Alabama-born chef Scott Peacock pool their unusual cooking talents to give us this unique cookbook. What makes it so special is that it represents different styles of Southern cooking--Miss Lewis’s Virginia country cooking and Scott Peacock’s inventive and sensitive blending of new tastes with the...

Pastry Queen Parties: Entertaining Friends and Family, Texas Style

No one captures big-hearted, big-hatted Texas hospitality like Rebecca Rather--a beloved Hill Country author, restaurateur, and hostess with a growing national reputation. In PASTRY QUEEN PARTIES, Rebecca celebrates her state's culinary traditions, flavors, and ingredients with more than 100 savory and sweet recipes ranging from Honey-Lavender Rack of Texas Lamb to Grilled Cajun Catfish...

In the Land of Misfits, Pirates and Cooks

In the Land of Misfits, Pirates and Cooks is a cookbook detailing and highlighting Chef Michael Bennett's four year Culinary journey throughout the Caribbean. Michael, once named Chef of the Year by the American Culinary Federation has developed an exotic, Metropolitan-stylized Caribb-ican cuisine and is explained within its 180 pages. It has 50 Full Color pictures and over 120 HEALTHY...

Dixie Dining Touring the South's Best Home-Style Restaurants

A Cook Book of Christ Church, Alexandria, Virginia

Thank God for Iced Tea: Stories and Recipes from a Southern Family

Filled with real down-home recipes, peppered with Southern charm and wit ! Take a sassy and sophisticated journey into the kitchen of author Nicole L. Weyant, and find out why she sighs "Thank God For Iced Tea!" From beverages to biscuits, fried chicken to pecan pie; learn the old traditional recipes from Southern Grandmas, and enjoy the interlaced short stories that bring this...