JENNIFER EDWARDS Donald Link Down South: Bourbon, Pork, Gulf Shrimp & Second Helpings of Everything With Paula Disbrowe Photographs by Chris Granger Clarkson Potter (New York 2014) Link Restaurant Group, with southwest Louisiana boy Donald Link as executive chef and chief executive officer, hews close to Link’s rural Southern roots. First, there’s Pêche, a seafood … Continue reading
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The Mason Jar: Napoléon, a Penniless Inventor, + Five Brothers From Upstate New York
BRIAN ADORNETTO Until I moved to the South, not only had I never met anyone who “canned,” but I also never knew the term had anything to do with to preserving. In fact, I had always thought of it as more of a “country” or Southern undertaking. However, since moving here, I‘ve become exponentially more … Continue reading
On Our Bookshelf: New Orleans’ Best Ethnic Restaurants
JENNIFER EDWARDS New Orleans’ Best Ethnic Restaurants By Ann Benoit Photography by Ann Benoit Pelican Publishing Inc. (Gretna 2014) Taking as her premise the notion that the story of cuisine is the story of immigration, New Orleans native commercial food photographer and culinary writer Ann Benoit has compiled a collection of recipes from her favorite … Continue reading
On Our Bookshelf: Kentucky Sweets – Bourbon Balls, Spoonbread & Mile High Pie
Kentucky seems to be a bit of an outlier as far as “Southern” food is concerned. With its location at the intersection of the Midwest and the South, its cuisine incorporates the pioneer Midwestern tradition of fudge and sticky puddings, the Appalachian wilderness vibe of hickory nuts, sorghum, cushaws and pawpaws, and Southern-sticky mint juleps … Continue reading
The History of German’s Chocolate Cake
Kimberly Wilmot Voss, Associate Professor at the University of Central Florida In 1958, Chicago Tribune food editor Ruth Ellen Church declared that there were no longer regional dishes in America. This view was based on a conversation with a fellow food editor who had mentioned a new cake that was sweeping the South. Church responded … Continue reading
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