Product Description

In this paperback edition of a classic cookbook, one of the South's foremost cooking authorities assembles more than 150 down-home dishes inspired by the gracious traditions, regional cooking techniques, and mouthwatering ingredients of her Southern heritage.

From Hearty Chicken and Ham Gumbo to Kentucky Spiced Beef, from Old-Fashioned Greens with Bacon to New Orleans Praline Ice Cream, the recipes in this lusciously illustrated, easy-to-use cookbook are rich with nostalgia and inspired by their blend of hearty Southern flavors and textures. Appetizers, soups, salads, meats, poultry, fish, vegetables, breads, grains, desserts—they are all here in abundance, and they all add up to beautifully orchestrated meals any cook would be proud to serve. The rich photographs, specially commissioned for this volume—and helpful sidebars, covering such subjects as how to shuck an oyster and how to roast a chicken to perfection— assure success to cooks at every level. It's a true "cook's tour" of the American South, guided by the deft hand of a master cook and entertainer.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #342024 in Books
• Published on: 2007-05-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 252 pages

Review
"A richly nostalgic book…It is as good for looking as for cooking."– Food & Wine (Food & Wine )

"Captures the essence of Southern sensibilities."– The Louisville Courier-Journal (The Louisville Courier-Journal )

"What a wonderful book…You could almost live on it with its spread of easy and complex, down-home and fancy."– The Washington Post (The Washington Post )

A richly nostalgic bookIt is as good for looking as for cooking. Food Wine (Food & Wine )

Captures the essence of Southern sensibilities. The Louisville Courier-Journal (The Louisville Courier-Journal )

What a wonderful bookYou could almost live on it with its spread of easy and complex, down-home and fancy. The Washington Post (The Washington Post )

From the Back Cover
Good food blesses all, the one who cooks it and the one who eats it.

Raised in the kitchen of her parentsI Kentucky country inn more than 75 years ago, Camille Glenn has run her own cooking school and catering business and writes featured food columns for The Louisville Courier-Journal. In THE HERITAGE OF SOUTHERN COOKING she celebrates the rich Southern tradition of gracious hospitality and sumptuous good food with a lifetime of heirloom favorites, regional specialties, and original dishes.

Praise for THE HERITAGE OF SOUTHERN COOKING

"What a wonderful book. . . . You could almost live on it with its spread of easy and complex, down-home and fancy." (The Washington Post)

"A richly nostalgic book. . . . Filled with an archive of old photographs, the book is as good for looking as for cooking." (Food & Wine)

"Captures the essence of Southern sensibilities." (The Louisville Courier-Journal)

"One can almost see magnolia trees looming in the dusk . . ." (Northwest Gourmet)

A RECIPE SAMPLER

Baby Hot Browns

Hearty Chicken and Ham Gumbo

Kentucky Burgoo

Carolina Silk Snapper Chowder

The HunterIs Veal Stew

Sweet and Tender Pork Roast

Piquant Ham with Juniper Berries

Old Seelbach House Perfect Chicken Hash

Trout a la Marguery

Alabama Deviled Crabmeat

Perfect Pan-Fried Oysters

Vidalia Onion Pie

Old Stone Inn Corn Fritters

Southern Buttermilk Biscuits

Luscious Chocolate Cake

CamIs Prune and Spice Cake

Clouds in Chocolate Cream

Florida Everglades Coconut Pie

About the Author
Raised in the kitchen of her parents' Kentucky country inn, Camille Glenn has run her own cooking school and catering business, and writes food features and columns for the Louisville Courier-Journal. She lives in Louisville, Kentucky.

Customer Reviews

Deception Through Omission
I have a copy of the original `The Heritage of Southern Cooking' by Camille Glenn, published by Workman Publishers, and it is a fabulous guide. We've yet to find a recipe that disappoints us. The problem with this edition is that it's `adapted' from the original. In this case, `adapted' means that they omitted a significant percentage of the recipes (I'm going to guess about half). There is nothing that indicates the significant difference between the two editions. My son had learned to appreciate the original and I was trying to provide him a copy. I was sorely disappointed at the deception.

Excellent Southern Cookbook, don't tell your cardiologist
If you have "Southern Roots" you will love this book. Every time I make a dish from this book I remember my grandmother. This book is a treasure.

There are a few recipes in this book that won't make a cardiologist faint, but not too many. But then again that really isn't what true southern food is about is it?

This book contains a nice recipe for homemade English Muffins, and Hush puppies. If want to make something that is very southern try to Carolina Grits Souffle. This recipe turns out very light and delicate and extremely flavorful from the sharp cheddar. The recipe for Crabmeat Imperial will blow your socks off. If you aren't a southerner you may not realize that this recipe alone is worth the price of the book.

I highly recommend this book for those that enjoy real Southern Cooking.

For a Southerner living outside the South it is a God send.
I have been cooking from this book for about five years now and have used it so much the pages are dog-eared. The recipes are clear, easy to follow and will make you hungry just reading them. Her commentaries with each recipe make interesting reading by themselves. My favorite recipes include: Queen Anne's Carrot Cake, Crab Imperial, and Montecello Rolls. I have never had a bad meal when I used this book.