Book description
In this classic Southern cookbook, the âfirst lady of Southern cookingâ (NPR) shares the seasonal recipes from a childhood spent in a small farming community settled by freed slaves. She shows us how to recreate these timeless dishes in our own kitchensâusing natural ingredients, embracing the seasons, and cultivating community.âŠ
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2 authors picked The Taste of Country Cooking as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
Who doesnât love a cookbook that includes A Thermos of Hot Virginia Country-Style Beef ConsommĂ© as the first item on a picnic list?
The Taste of Country Cooking is a cookbook and narrative of life in Freetown, Virginia where Lewis grew up. I feel comforted and assured reading Lewisâ stories and recipes. Here is an expert relating a way of life where eating is seasonal, healthful, and communal.
Recipes are directions on how to prepare and serve food, sure, theyâre also medicinal formulas (lemonade is technically medicinal!), ethnobotanical records, and historical documents intimately tied to how humans all over theâŠ
From Christine's list on The best cookbooks that prove eating locally, seasonally, and healthfully is also delicious.
Growing up on a farm in a community begun by freedmen after the Civil War in Virginia, this African American writer shows how freshly grown food sustained her family even in hard times.
In this memoir and classic southern cookbook, the âfirst lady of southern cooking,â as she has been called, evoked a warm agrarian sensibility, portraying a distinct southern sense of place through poetic prose that describes the sensual nature of life close to nature.
The tastes, smells, and sounds of the South jump off the page as she describes her familyâs sustenance through their knowledge of farm life.âŠ
From Charles' list on The best books to savor Southern foods.
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