THE GIFT OF SOUTHERN COOKING Recipes and Revelations From Two Great Southern Cooks

EDNA LEWIS and SCOTT PEACOCK with David Nussbaum

ISBN 10: 0375400354 / ISBN 13: 9780375400353

Published by Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., New York, 2003

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A very nice ex-Library copy, dust jacket is in mylar with usual library markings, taped to text front and back, text is very clean and well bound, small black line on bottom edge, otherwise a very nice copy, clean and well bound. 8.25 X 9.5" 332 pages, Weight over 1.5 Kg. 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 blending of new tastes with the Alabama foods he grew up on, liberally seasoned with Native American, Caribbean, and African influences. Together they have taken neglected traditional recipes unearthed in their years of research together and worked out new versions that they have made their own. Interwoven throughout the book are warm memories of the people and the traditions that shaped these pure tasting recipes. Every occasion is celebrated, and there are twenty-two seasonal menus with the condiments, relishes and preserves and the wealth of vegetables all spread out on the table - its what makes the meal uniquely Southern. With more than 80 photographs.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: THE GIFT OF SOUTHERN COOKING Recipes and Revelations From Two Great Southern Cooks
• Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., New York
• Publication Date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0375400354
• ISBN 13: 9780375400353
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: Christopher Hirsheimer - Photographer
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • Cooking : American
  • Cooking : Entertaining
  • Cookbooks, Food & Drink

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Synopsis

Edna Lewis—acclaimed author of the American classic, The Taste of Country Cooking—and Alabama-born chef Scott Peacock pool their unusual cooking talents to give us this unique cookbook filled with recipes and stories of two distinct styles of Southern cooking.

Miss Lewis’s specialty is Virginia country cooking and Scott Peacock focuses on inventive and sensitive blending of new tastes with the Alabama foods he grew up on, liberally seasoned with Native American, Caribbean, and African influences. Together they have taken neglected traditional recipes unearthed in their years of research together on Southern food and worked out new versions that they have made their own.

Together they share their secrets for such Southern basics as pan-fried chicken, creamy grits, and genuine Southern biscuits. Scott Peacock describes how Miss Lewis makes soup by coaxing the essence of flavor from vegetables, and he applies the same principle to his intensely flavored, scrumptious dish of Garlic Braised Shoulder Lamb Chops with Butter Beans and Tomatoes. You’ll find all these treasures and more before you even get to the superb cakes (potential “Cakewalk Winners” all), the hand-cranked ice creams, the flaky pies, and homey custards and puddings. Lewis and Peacock include twenty-two seasonal menus, from A Spring Country Breakfast for a Late Sunday Morning and A Summer Dinner of Big Flavors to An Alabama Thanksgiving and A Hearty Dinner for a Cold Winter Night, to show you how to mix and match dishes for a true Southern table.

Interwoven throughout the book are warm memories of the people and the traditions that shaped these pure-tasting, genuinely American recipes. The result is a joyful coming together of two extraordinary cooks, sharing their gifts. And they invite you to join them.

About the Author

Edna Lewis is the recipient of numerous awards, including the Grande Dame of Les Dames d’Escoffier International (1999). She is the author of The Taste of Country Cooking as well as In Pursuit of Flavor and The Edna Lewis Cookbook. She lives in Decatur, Georgia.

Scott Peacock was born and raised in Alabama. He has served as chef to two governors of Georgia and at two restaurants, Atlanta’s Horseradish Grill and, most recently, the highly regarded Watershed in Decatur, where he lives.