Southern cousins, Courtney Taylor and Bonnie Carter Travis, both experienced cooks and writers, get into the kitchen with you, explaining the fundamentals of Southern cooking and telling you how ingredients should look, feel, and smell. You can't go wrong with: ·"Basics" section with advice about kitchen equipment and choosing fresh produce. ·"Methods" section featuring step-by-step instructions for all the basics like pan-frying, making gravy, baking biscuits, and making cream cakes. ·Over 200 of the South's most treasured recipes such as mint juleps, gumbo, cheese grits, fried okra, pecan pie, blackberry cobbler, and fig preserves. ·Glossary of cooking terms. The Southern Cook's Handbook is a how-to manual, a primer for the new cook, as well as a refresher course for the old hand. It is an essential reference for any cook's kitchen. 6x9, 288 pages, illustrated, ringbound with hard covers, ISBN 1-893062-29-5 |
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