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Book

The Food, folklore, and art of lowcountry cooking : a celebration of the foods, history, and romance handed down from England, Africa, the Caribbean, France, Germany, and Scotland

Call Number

  • 641.5975 D114 (CEN)

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Publication Information

Naperville, IL : Cumberland House, 2010.

Physical Description

xxxii, 366 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Contents

  • Carolina gold!
  • The West Africa connection
  • Historic Charleston
  • Savannah : the hostess city
  • Beautiful Beaufort by the sea
  • The art of lowcountry cooking : the eateries, recipes, cooks, and traditions
  • Lowcountry beverages
  • Hors d'oeuvres, nibbles, and finger foods led by the pate of the south
  • The Lowcountry's splendorous seafood
  • Lowcountry rice : purloo (pilau?), red rice, and Hoppin' John
  • Soups, stews, and gumbos
  • Benne seeds, a lowcountry legacy
  • Pinders! goobers!
  • Pig pickins in the lowcountry
  • The glories of chicken
  • A cornucopia of lowcountry vegetables
  • Luscious cornbread & delectable spoon bread
  • Grits galore
  • Wild game in the lowcountry
  • Favorite lowcountry desserts
  • The lowcountry interior: its food and folklore
  • Lord, bless this food.

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