The Heritage of Southern Cooking - Softcover

Glenn, Camille

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0894801171 ISBN 13: 9780894801174

Publisher: Workman Publishing Company, 1986

Synopsis

Camille Glen shares the rich heritage of fine Southern cuisine in this lavish collection of 550 delectable recipes. Nostalgically illustrated with over 200 photographs portraying a memorable South, recipes include Washington Waterfront Pickled Shrimp and Very Special Cheese Straws, Sea Island Chowder, Kentucky Burgoo, Piquant Ham with Juniper Berries, Spitted Duck with Kumquats, Fresh Green Pea Pie, Carolina Grits Souffle, and Maryland Crab Cakes. There are scores of breads, including Sour Cream Cornmeal Batter Cakes and the Ultimate Extra-Flaky Biscuit, and 40 recipes for the condiments so dear to the South. Plus, here are no fewer than 90 desserts, including CamilleIs Golden Cointreau Cake, which holds a secret all to itself.

Selection of the Book-of-the-Month Club, Book-of-the-Month Cooking & Crafts Club, and main selection of the Quality Paperback Book Club and Better Homes & Gardens Family Book Service. 172,000 copies in print.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

Good food blesses all, the one who cooks it and the one who eats it.

Raised in the kitchen of her parentsI Kentucky country inn more than 75 years ago, Camille Glenn has run her own cooking school and catering business and writes featured food columns for The Louisville Courier-Journal. In THE HERITAGE OF SOUTHERN COOKING she celebrates the rich Southern tradition of gracious hospitality and sumptuous good food with a lifetime of heirloom favorites, regional specialties, and original dishes.

Praise for THE HERITAGE OF SOUTHERN COOKING

"What a wonderful book. . . . You could almost live on it with its spread of easy and complex, down-home and fancy." (The Washington Post)

"A richly nostalgic book. . . . Filled with an archive of old photographs, the book is as good for looking as for cooking." (Food & Wine)

"Captures the essence of Southern sensibilities." (The Louisville Courier-Journal)

"One can almost see magnolia trees looming in the dusk . . ." (Northwest Gourmet)

A RECIPE SAMPLER

Baby Hot Browns

Hearty Chicken and Ham Gumbo

Kentucky Burgoo

Carolina Silk Snapper Chowder

The HunterIs Veal Stew

Sweet and Tender Pork Roast

Piquant Ham with Juniper Berries

Old Seelbach House Perfect Chicken Hash

Trout a la Marguery

Alabama Deviled Crabmeat

Perfect Pan-Fried Oysters

Vidalia Onion Pie

Old Stone Inn Corn Fritters

Southern Buttermilk Biscuits

Luscious Chocolate Cake

CamIs Prune and Spice Cake

Clouds in Chocolate Cream

Florida Everglades Coconut Pie

About the Author:

Raised in the kitchen of her parents' Kentucky country inn, Camille Glenn has run her own cooking school and catering business, and writes food features and columns for the Louisville Courier-Journal. She lives in Louisville, Kentucky.

About this edition

• Publisher: Workman Publishing Company
• Publication date: 1986
• ISBN 10: 0894801171
• ISBN 13: 9780894801174
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 480