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Mastering the Art of Southern Cooking
Winner of the 2013 James Beard Award for American Cooking!
“Southern cooking is the Mother Cuisine of America.” —Nathalie Dupree
Through more than 600 recipes and hundreds of step-by-step photographs, Dupree and Graubart make it easy to learn the techniques for creating the South’s fabulous cuisine. From basics such as cleaning vegetables and scrubbing a country ham, to show-off skills like making a soufflé and turning
out the perfect biscuit—all are explained and pictured with clarity and plenty of stories that entertain. Traditional Southern recipes and ingredients are also given modern twists to make them relevant for today’s healthy lifestyle.
With more than 750 recipes and 650 variations, making a perfect piecrust, a heavenly biscuit, mouthwatering vegetables, or crispy fried chicken is attainable for any home cook. The recipes and directions are easily accessible to kitchen novices as well as seasoned cooks-there is plenty here for everyone.
“Southern cooking is the Mother Cuisine of America.” —Nathalie Dupree
Through more than 600 recipes and hundreds of step-by-step photographs, Dupree and Graubart make it easy to learn the techniques for creating the South’s fabulous cuisine. From basics such as cleaning vegetables and scrubbing a country ham, to show-off skills like making a soufflé and turning
out the perfect biscuit—all are explained and pictured with clarity and plenty of stories that entertain. Traditional Southern recipes and ingredients are also given modern twists to make them relevant for today’s healthy lifestyle.
With more than 750 recipes and 650 variations, making a perfect piecrust, a heavenly biscuit, mouthwatering vegetables, or crispy fried chicken is attainable for any home cook. The recipes and directions are easily accessible to kitchen novices as well as seasoned cooks-there is plenty here for everyone.
720 pages, Hardcover
First published November 1, 2012
About the author
Nathalie Dupree
23 books25 followersNathalie Dupree is the Author of eleven cookbooks about the American South, entertaining and basic cooking. She has hosted over 300 television shows on the Food Network, The Learning Channel and PBS. She has been a spokesperson for Wild American Shrimp, The Catfish Institute and many other organizations. She currently writes for The Post And Courier in Charleston, SC, as well as Charleston Magazine and other publications. She has been featured in numerous television shows and publications, from Bobby Flay, the Today Show and Good Morning America to Redbook, Good Housekeeping, Bon Appetit, the New York Times, The Washington Post and others. She ran for the United States Senate against Senator Jim DeMint from South Carolina. She is married and lives in Charleston, S.C. with her husband, Jack Bass.
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February 9, 2017
It is truly a southern masterpiece. This book is on my kitchen cookbook shelf.
August 19, 2013
This is a huge, encyclopedic cookbook. It is also beautiful and unique and thus worth spending some time with. For those who are from the South, its intention is to help you rediscover ways of doing things that perhaps are unique to a region or a previous generation. For those who are not from the South, it is an authoritative source for traditional Southern recipes and ways of making them, i.e., biscuits, gumbo, and more. While a few entries are not especially useful (frog legs?), the author is professionally trained and has taken the time to include short essays in each section.
June 2, 2021
Great book. I'm looking to up my biscuit-making. Then who knows? The world?
September 13, 2020
Just OK at best
Some interesting comments but overall the recipes are a little on the plain and boring side.
It's a walk down memory lane and my grandma's cooking - the recipes don't use much spice
Some interesting comments but overall the recipes are a little on the plain and boring side.
It's a walk down memory lane and my grandma's cooking - the recipes don't use much spice
November 22, 2023
Quite a vast compendium of southern style cooking. Ranges from meats, fish, veggies, breads, desserts, and more. Mostly classical, great section and varieties of grits and biscuits.
October 8, 2013
An encyclopedic run-through of just about every possible Southern variation on a particular dish, Dupree's extensive cookbook is filled with stories behind recipes, useful tips from a well-regarded bibliography, and food that just looks good. This was written to a large audience, so if you were looking on an extensive history of chess pies, or background history on each state's cultural influence, you might be a little disappointed, but at least there will be a recipe you can make to soothe that disappointment.
December 28, 2012
I received a free copy of this book from the publisher.
I've always liked Nathalie Dupree so I was really excited to receive this book. It's encyclopedic and is a wonderful reference for everything Southern (American cooking, that is). The basics are all here, as well as some modern twists on classics. The photos are well-done, especially those that are instructional for technique, though I would have liked to have seen more. This is a beautiful book that would make a great gift.
I've always liked Nathalie Dupree so I was really excited to receive this book. It's encyclopedic and is a wonderful reference for everything Southern (American cooking, that is). The basics are all here, as well as some modern twists on classics. The photos are well-done, especially those that are instructional for technique, though I would have liked to have seen more. This is a beautiful book that would make a great gift.
July 15, 2013
What a wonderful cookbook. True southern recipes made with fresh produce, fish, poultry, meat... Great desserts. Everything is just as my grandmother made when I was a child. It is nice to know that these recipes will be continued in this day of fast food and processed food. And no, fried food is not what we are all about. Great reading as well!
October 6, 2013
This is a lovely and fun to read cookbook, a perfect gift for anyone who lives or has lived in the South. It's packed full of techniques and recipes old and new. This brought me back to all the wonderful food I had as a kid.
July 29, 2016
I am now the proud owner of a library card at Mooresville Public Library in my new hometown of Mooresville, NC. This is the first book I chose to check out. What a resource this will be. I found it full of delicious easy recipes for a taste of the south. I've ordered a copy of my own.
January 19, 2014
This is the heart of my collection of cookbooks. I am Southern. I recall many recipes and techniques but having them at hand in such a lovely work is a great boon.
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