Craig Claiborne's Southern Cooking

Shop Notes:

Obtained from the estate of a prominent North Carolinian. This book is a veritable who's-who of Southern cuisine in the 1980s.

From the Publisher:

Craig Claiborne, world traveler, iconic New York Times food writer, and author of more than twenty cookbooks, was always a Southerner at heart. This is the only one of Claiborne's cookbooks to focus exclusively on the South. It was, he readily admitted, his most personal book.

Included are more than three hundred favorite recipes--from Claiborne's own kitchen, from his mother's Mississippi boardinghouse, and from some of the South's best cooks, including Bill Neal, Edna Lewis, and Paul Prudhomme. He introduces many of the dishes with comments and notes on their history, their evolution over the years, and his favorite versions; he also includes instructions on preparation and serving. Throughout, Claiborne remembers the many southern classics of his childhood, such as fried catfish and beaten biscuits and Smithfield ham.

"Nothing rekindles my spirits, gives comfort to my heart and mind, more than a visit to Mississippi and environs," wrote Claiborne, "and [to] be regaled, as I often have been, with a platter of fried chicken, field peas, collard greens, fresh corn on the cob, sliced tomatoes with French dressing (that's what we call vinaigrette sauce), and to top it all off with a wedge of freshly baked pecan pie."

Release Date: 1987

Condition: Very good, some staining on edge.  Dust jacket has some staining on upper edge and back. May have gift inscription from previous owner.  Text is clean and book contains no marginalia. Please note that if multiple copies are in stock, the condition may vary from what is described.