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The Up South Cookbook: Chasing Dixie in a Brooklyn Kitchen
The Up South Cookbook Chasing Dixie in a Brooklyn Kitchen Author:Nicole A. Taylor Southern cooking meets the Brooklyn foodie scene, keeping charm (and grits) intactGeorgia native Nicole Taylor spent her early twenties trying to distance herself from her southern cooking roots--a move "up" to Brooklyn gave her a fresh appreciation for the bread and biscuits, Classic Fried Chicken, Lemon Coconut Stack Cake, and other flavors of... more » her childhood. Simplicity and authenticity give these recipes a unique flavor, while Taylor's charisma shines through in her prose. And she's not afraid to tweak some of her recipes: Pimento Cheese can be made without mayonnaise; Spiked Nuts are fruit, nuts, and candy in a shoebox; and who'd have thought Pumpkin and Grits could taste so good?More than 100 recipes are organized by sometimes surprising chapters, including:Peas and ThingsYard Bird and FishBarbecueRed Velvet Cake and SuchChow Chow and GarnishesWhite Likker and Sweet TeaThis promises to be a new Southern classic. 75 color photographs« less