“The one food book you must read this year." —Southern Living One of Christopher Kimball’s Six Favorite Books About Food A people’s history that reveals how Southerners shaped American culinary identity and how race relations impacted Southern food culture over six revolutionary decades Like great provincial dishes around the world, potlikker is a salvage food. During the antebellum era, slave owners ate the greens from the pot and set aside the leftover potlikker broth for the enslaved, unaware that the broth, not the greens, was nutrient rich. After slavery, potlikker sustained the working poor, both black and white. In the South of today, potlikker has taken on new meanings as chefs have reclaimed it. Potlikker is a quintessential Southern dish, and The Potlikker Papers is a people’s history of the modern South, told through its food. Beginning with the pivotal role cooks and waiters played in the civil rights movement, noted authority John T. Edge narrates the South’s fitful journey from a hive of racism to a hotbed of American immigration. He shows why working-class Southern food has become a vital driver of contemporary American cuisine. Food access was a battleground issue during the 1950s and 1960s. Ownership of culinary traditions has remained a central contention on the long march toward equality. The Potlikker Papers tracks pivotal moments in Southern history, from the back-to-the-land movement of the 1970s to the rise of fast and convenience foods modeled on rural staples. Edge narrates the gentrification that gained traction in the restaurants of the 1980s and the artisanal renaissance that began to reconnect farmers and cooks in the 1990s. He reports as a newer South came into focus in the 2000s and 2010s, enriched by the arrival of immigrants from Mexico to Vietnam and many points in between. Along the way, Edge profiles extraordinary figures in Southern food, including Fannie Lou Hamer, Colonel Sanders, Mahalia Jackson, Edna Lewis, Paul Prudhomme, Craig Claiborne, and Sean Brock. Over the last three generations, wrenching changes have transformed the South. The Potlikker Papers tells the story of that dynamism—and reveals how Southern food has become a shared culinary language for the nation.

The Potlikker Papers: A Food History of the Modern South

Cookbooks, Food & Wine

Edge, John T.

Regional & International

Penguin??Books

Hundreds of classic recipes capture the rich culinary traditions of the American South, introducing more than four hundred dishes representing a broad spectrum of geographical, cultural, and social influences. 15,000 first printing.

A Gracious Plenty

Rolfes, Ellen

Cooking Education & Reference

Putnam Adult

A noted food writer celebrates one of America's quintessential contributions to world cuisine, tracing the history of fried chicken in all its manifestations across the country, from the Deep South, to a Jersey Shore hotel, to a Kansas City roadhouse, offering fifteen superlative recipes along the way. 35,000 first printing.

Fried Chicken: An American Story

G.P.Putnam's Sons

Tracing the history and lore of one of America's favorite desserts, the popular food writer follows the development of apple pie, from its English origins to its present-day variations across the country, journeying from Disney World, to the White House, to a Massachusetts Shaker community, to farmstands in Washington State, presenting fifteen varied recipes along the way. 35,000 first printing.

Apple Pie

The author of Fried Chicken and Apple Pie continues his celebration of American cuisine with a history of backyard barbecues, fast-food restaurants, and gourmet burgers, in a volume complemented by fifteen recipes. 12,500 first printing.

Hamburgers and Fries: An American Story

Cooking by Ingredient

A new installment of the popular series that includes Hamburgers &amp; Fries and Apple Pie combines cultural history with a selection of recipes, in a volume that traces the doughnut's Dutch origins, its rise in 1950s America, and the contributions of popular doughnut chains.

Donuts: An American Passion

Created by local writers and photographers, Compass American Guides are the ultimate insider's guides, providing in-depth coverage of the history, culture and character of America's most spectacular destinations. Compass Georgia covers everything there is to see and do -- plus gorgeous full-color photographs; a wealth of archival images; topical essays and literary extracts; detailed color maps; and capsule reviews of hotels and restaurants. These insider guides are perfect for new and longtime residents as well as vacationers who want a deep understanding of Georgia.

Compass American Guides: Georgia, 2nd Edition (Full-color Travel Guide)

Travel

United States

Compass America Guides

Fodor's Compass GeorgiaCreated by local writers and photographers, Compass American Guides are the ultimate insider's guides, providing in-depth coverage of the history, culture and character of America's most spectacular destinations. Covering everything there is to see and do as well as choice lodging and dining, these gorgeous full-color guides are perfect for new and longtime residents as well as vacationers who want a deep understanding of the region they're visiting. Georgia -- An Insider's Guide Written and photographed by local experts Outstanding color photography, plus a wealth of archival images Topical essays and literary extracts Detailed color maps Great ideas for things to see and do Capsule reviews of hotels and restaurants Unique coverage includes: Walking tour of beautiful Savannah: shady square and historic homes, magenta azaleas and live oak draped with Spanish moss Classic barbecue and New Southern cuisine Coastal islands -- white sand, secluded resorts, tranquil evenings Middle Georgia -- small towns, courthouse squares, antebellum mansions Quirky Appalachia -- cabins, pine forests, lakeside resorts Modern Atlanta's restaurants and nightlife Georgia music -- rock bands in Athens, freedom singers in Albany, blues guitarists in Macon, the balladeers in the Appalachians And much more.

Compass American Guides : Georgia

Europe

It’s the best of street food: bold, delicious, surprising, over-the-top goodness to eat on the run. And the best part is now you can make it at home. Obsessively researched by food authority John T. Edge, The Truck Food Cookbook delivers 150 recipes from America’s best restaurants on wheels, from L.A. and New York to the truck food scenes in Portland, Austin, Minneapolis, and more. John T. Edge shares the recipes, special tips, and techniques. And what a menu-board: Tamarind-Glazed Fried Chicken Drummettes. Kalbi Beef Sliders. Porchetta. The lily-gilding Grilled Cheese Cheeseburger. A whole chapter’s worth of tacos—Mexican, Korean, Chinese fusion. Plus sweets, from Sweet Potato Cupcakes to an easy-to-make Cheater Soft-Serve Ice Cream. Hundreds of full-color photographs capture the lively street food gestalt and its hip and funky aesthetic, making this both an insider’s cookbook and a document of the hottest trend in American food.

The Truck Food Cookbook: 150 Recipes and Ramblings from America's Best Restaurants on Wheels

Workman Publishing Company

Acclaimed food writer and cultural historian John T. Edge conjures nostalgia by revealing portions of our history through our most cherished foods. Donuts is the cap on a scrumptious series toting comfort food, belying calorie-counting, and embracing those cornerstone, iconic dishes that have come to define American cuisine and customs over the years.  In Donuts, Edge walks us though the donut's inception as Dutch fare, the Salvation Army's wartime donuts, the invention of the donut machine, the 1950s donut-shop craze, the Krispy Kreme revolution, the appropriation by other ethnicities, and the fanatical chefs that take donuts to a new art form. Nothing encourages our sweet-tooth cravings like the donut. It is honest. It is satisfying. It is a national symbol that has survived the low carb-diet dogma and the death of the local donut shop, and it is making a comeback into the hearts of Americans.

Politics & Social Sciences

Social Sciences

Thorndike Pr

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The Potlikker Papers: A Food History of the Modern South

A Gracious Plenty

Fried Chicken: An American Story

Apple Pie

Hamburgers and Fries: An American Story

Donuts: An American Passion

Compass American Guides: Georgia, 2nd Edition (Full-color Travel Guide)

Compass American Guides : Georgia

The Truck Food Cookbook: 150 Recipes and Ramblings from America's Best Restaurants on Wheels

Donuts: An American Passion