Southern Comfort: A New Take on the Recipes We Grew Up With [A Cookbook] - Hardcover

Vines-Rushing, Allison; Rushing, Slade

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1607742624 ISBN 13: 9781607742623

Publisher: Ten Speed Press, 2012

Synopsis

The much-anticipated debut cookbook from two of the most admired and innovative young chefs in the South, with 100 recipes featuring their refined, classically-inspired takes on the traditional Southern food they grew up with.

Allison Vines-Rushing and Slade Rushing are two of the most admired and innovative young chefs in the South. Their distinctive brand of cooking is praised for its brilliant juxtaposition of rustic flavors with refined, classically inspired preparations. 

Southern Comfort is not only their much-anticipated debut cookbook, but also Allison and Slade’s personal story: their childhood food memories and family traditions growing up in Louisiana and Mississippi, how they met and fell in love in a New Orleans kitchen, and lessons learned working in top restaurants in San Francisco and New York. It also describes their bittersweet homecoming and the opening of their first restaurant just days before Hurricane Katrina hit. And perhaps most importantly, Southern Comfort shares Allison and Slade’s deep-rooted love for the area—its history, its cuisine, and its people—which inspired them to stay in New Orleans and keep cooking.

These 100 recipes reflect Allison and Slade’s refreshing approach to regional cuisine, with its pitch-perfect blend of high and low. Dishes like Hush Puppies with Caviar, Sweet Tea–Roasted Duck in Date Sauce, and their legendary Oysters Rockefeller “Deconstructed” are modern in technique and execution, yet inspired by the traditions, ingredients, and down-home philosophy that make Southern food so appealing.

At its heart, Southern Comfort is a celebration: of local ingredients, New Orleans’s vibrant food culture, and Allison and Slade’s shared Southern upbringing. Brimming with flavorful recipes and stories, it showcases the very best that the New South has to offer.

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Featured Recipes from Southern Comfort

Download the recipe for Sweet Potato-Truffle Gratin Download the recipe for Oysters Rockefeller "Deconstructed" Download the recipe for Scallop Salad with Grapefruit and Romaine Hearts

About the Author

ALLISON VINES-RUSHING and SLADE RUSHING burst onto the culinary scene in 2003 as chefs of Jack’s Luxury Oyster Bar, which the New York Times called “one of the most distinctive new restaurants to come along in years” and earned Allison the 2004 James Beard Rising Star award. In 2005, the couple returned to Louisiana to open Longbranch followed by MiLa in New Orleans in 2007. 

About this edition

• Publisher: Ten Speed Press
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 1607742624
• ISBN 13: 9781607742623
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 240