Smoke, roots, mountain, harvest : recipes and stories inspired by my Appalachian home

Smoke, roots, mountain, harvest Recipes and stories inspired by my Appalachian home

Lauren McDuffie

Book - 2019

Go deep into the heart and soul of American southern cooking. Lauren McDuffie, writer of the award-winning food blog Harvest and Honey (and a Saveur Best Blog finalist for "Best New Voice"), captures the flavors and modern cooking techniques of Appalachia and the Blue Ridge Mountains in this evocative cookbook. Showcases 70 recipes and 80 photographs organized by seasons. Each chapter opens with storytelling that echoes the folklore and tall tales of the region, centered on rediscovering the unique food culture of the region. Menu suggestions and wine pairings encompass a variety of meal occasions, from small plates to soups, salads, mains, sides, drinks, dessert, along with tips and techniques on canning, pickling, and prese...rving. --

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Subjects
Cooking, American > Southern style.
Cooking > Appalachian Region, Southern.
Cookbooks.
Genres
Cookbooks
Published
San Francisco : Chronicle Books [2019]
Language
English
Main Author
Lauren McDuffie (author)
Item Description
Includes index.
Physical Description
255 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm
ISBN
9781452168760
  • How to use this book
  • Larder & kitchen tools
  • Good to know
  • A quick wine pairing guide
  • Fall. Ghost stories ; Far from the tree ; Forest walk ; The homeplace ; Noble rot
  • Winter. The wilderness road ; Nora's kitchen ; Apothecary ; Evergreen ; Moonshine
  • Spring. Country roads ; Sun shower ; The Friday night jamboree ; Kentucky rain
  • Summer. Riverbend ; Bourbon country ; Strawberries & summertime ; Harvest & honey ; The sweetest winds.
Review by Publisher's Weekly Review

Harvest and Honey blogger McDuffie puts her talents to use in this excellent debut collection of more than 70 recipes inspired by her childhood in the mountains of southwestern Virginia. Evoking an Appalachian lifestyle, McDuffie organizes the chapters by season. For example, she discusses the pleasures of a fall campfire and creates an autumn menu titled "For Ghosts and Their Stories," then offers up fire-roasted stuffed pumpkins filled with sausage, bread crumbs, goat cheese, and Gruyère; pasta with scallion and black walnut pesto; crispy-skin trout with lemon brown butter sauce; and s'mores from scratch. Several entrées can be prepared indoors or outdoors, many in family-style portions, and some present a fusion of American and international sensibilities, such as the bold miso-bacon moonshine mussels. Sweets are especially notable, in terms of both their flavor profiles and photogenic appeal: grapefruit and vanilla french toast soufflé is pictured amid a snow flurry of confectioners' sugar, and triple orange cake with honey-lavender buttercream is captured in the ornate and contemplative style of a Vermeer painting. McDuffie mesmerizes in this intimate and charmingly rendered collection of inspiring recipes. (May) © Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.

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