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Southern Food: At Home, on the Road, in History (Chapel Hill Books) Paperback – June 25, 1993

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Hailed as an instant classic when it appeared in 1987, John Egerton's Southern Food captures the flavor and feel of what it has meant for southerners, over the generations, to gather at the table. This book is for reading, for cooking, for eating (in and out), for referring to, for browsing in, and, above all, for enjoying. Egerton first explores southern food in more than 200 restaurants in eleven southern states; he describes their specialties and recounts his conversations with owners, cooks, waiters, and customers. Then, because some of the best southern cooking is done at home, Egerton offers more than 150 regional recipes, including barbecue, spoonbread, muscadine jam, and key lime pie, with informative and amusing information about each one.
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    416 pages
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    The University of North Carolina Press
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    June 25, 1993
  5. Dimensions
    8 x 0.85 x 10 inches
  6. ISBN-10
    0807844179
  7. ISBN-13
    978-0807844175
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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ The University of North Carolina Press (June 25, 1993)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 416 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0807844179
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0807844175
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.82 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 8 x 0.85 x 10 inches
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Carlisle B. Barnes Jr.
5.0 out of 5 stars Classic
Reviewed in the United States on December 2, 2013
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This is a true classic of Southern food. Part of the book covers restaurants in the South, and that part is necessarily dated. No restaruant lasts forever. Few are universally good over a significant number of years. However, the part of the book covering Southern recipes is truly great, and is alone worth any reasonable purchase price. The coverage is comprehensive and the recipes are truly traditionial. I have several hundred cookbooks, some fair, some good, and some excellent; this is one at the very top of the list. Egerton's other cookbook with the title Side Orders is also excellent.
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Frank Spencer
5.0 out of 5 stars A great history of Southern cooking.
Reviewed in the United States on July 22, 2021
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This book made quite a splash when it came out in the 1980s. It's a terrific read.
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John Lee music lover
4.0 out of 5 stars Southern food
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I am not an expert on cooking, so all the receipts (recipes) really don't interest me that much. The history portion is fascinating. I have a book written about the history of the western county of North Carolina where I was born and raised. In this book there is a copy of the 1860 census. At that time only male landowners were counted. Also a large number of Cherokee Indians lived in the county. Roughly 1600 white males are listed with maybe 10 to 15 who owned slaves. 4 or 5 men owned most of the slaves. I am now fast approaching my 70th birthday. I can recall speaking to only one black person from birth to the time I graduated from what was then Western Carolina College. So I do not feel that I represent the rich landowners with lots of slaves who did all the work including cooking.
However, the food mentioned in Egerton's book very accurately represents the diet of most mountain people. There are two eating places mentioned that are located where I grew up. They are the Jarrett House and I think High Hampton. I never had a meal at either location because I could not afford the price. My family grew most of their own food and they also cooked it. The idea of wealth and fine dining was foreign to me.
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Anne D LaCoste
3.0 out of 5 stars Too much prose, not much usable food history
Reviewed in the United States on January 3, 2019
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Just ok
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mncoomer_07
5.0 out of 5 stars Great book!
Reviewed in the United States on July 29, 2010
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I bought this for my husband for his birthday last month, and he couldn't put it down. He absolutely loved learning about the history of Southern food (seeing as how we're more or less Southern), and I'm looking forward to reading the book as well when I can find the time. The recipes in the book seem really good too, but we haven't prepared anything yet. Overall a satisfied customer!
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Kristina Sullivan
5.0 out of 5 stars Super reference book and pleasure read
Reviewed in the United States on July 18, 2013
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As a newcomer to the South, I enjoy the thorough discussions in this book tracing origins and influences of and on many foods. Mr. Egerton has done a fine job with a difficult project, even if some of the restaurants recommended have closed. I like to be an informed eater and cook and this book has my ticket punched!
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JYR-GA
5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful recounting of years gone by.
Reviewed in the United States on February 28, 2016
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A great review of the years that have made up "Southern Recipes" and lots of good recipes that take you back to fond memories of good eating. It's a long read, but it's a book to pick up and put down- flip through- and use as a reference.
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Peggy Hammond
4.0 out of 5 stars It definitely looked used, but that's what I expected
Reviewed in the United States on February 20, 2013
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I needed the book to write a paper on Southern Food, so it is exactly what I needed. Our study group
has the subject Southern C ulture this year.
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