River Run Cookbook: Southern Comfort from Vermont - Hardcover

Kennedy, Jimmy; Kennedy, Maya; Calta, Marialisa

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0060195258 ISBN 13: 9780060195250

Publisher: HarperCollins, 2001

Synopsis

The home cooking of Vermont's River Run cafT is collected here in one hundred superlative recipes for everything from catfish jambalaya and buttermilk pancakes to banana pudding and pulled pork barbecue.

About this title

About the Author

Jimmy Kennedy was born and raised in Brewer, Mississippi, where he learned to cook from his mother. When not cooking at River Run, Jimmy is either at home with Maya and their baby daughter, Josie, or bass fishing on Lake Champlain.

Reviews

River Run is a catfish-with-BBQ-spaghetti-for-breakfast-all-day kind of restaurant in Plainfield, Vt. Jimmy Kennedy, a cook from Mississippi, offers Fried Catfish, Corn Fritters and Tiny's Sauce Picante, while wife, Maya, the book's designer, collects recipes from Plainfield neighbors and friends, like David Mamet, who wrote the foreword, and Calta, who has written for the New York Times and Martha Stewart Living. They include such recipes as Anna's Peanut Soup, Marty's Granola and Strawberry Soup for a refreshing marriage of styles and oddball ingenuity that capitalizes on fresh, local ingredients, a Southern palate and a uniquely Plainfield aesthetic (resulting in Black-Eyed Pea Cakes, Fried Green Tomatoes and Coca-Cola Cake). Flexible yet informative directions make for adaptability (River Run's gumbo, although best with crawfish and andouille sausage, can be made with "chicken, beef, pork, seafood, game, or vegetables in just about any combination that suits you"). The sauce chapter is particularly strong, with everything from Anchovy-Caper Pasta Sauce to a basic Cheese Sauce for eggs or mac and cheese. With recipes heavy on bacon or deep-frying, light eaters will have to console themselves with Neurotic Salad, as opposed to Really Big Buttermilk Biscuits, which are filling enough for a meal.

Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information, Inc.

River Run Caf? is a homey, much-loved restaurant in the small town of Plainfield, VT. It's usually open only for breakfast and lunch, serving down-home fare, much of it inspired by chef Jimmy Kennedy's Southern background: Chicken-Fried Hamburger Steak, Grit Cakes, Corn & Oyster Casserole. Stories and photographs of the caf?'s loyal patrons and employees scattered throughout the text convey a sense of the warmth that attracts its customers. Still, the recipes themselves are unremarkable, and most collections could skip this.
Copyright 2001 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Edition details

• Publisher: HarperCollins
• Publication date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0060195258
• ISBN 13: 9780060195250
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 264