Home Plate Cooking : Everyday Southern Cuisine with a Fresh Twist

• ISBN13: 9781401602024
• ISBN10: 1401602029
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 2004-11-10
• Publisher: Harpercollins Christian Pub

Summary

Southern food is one of the most popular cuisines in the country because it just tastes so darned good. Traditionally, however, the reason it tastes so good is because it has been so high in fat: bacon fat and lard to be exact. In today's health conscious world, Marvin Woods has revisited the South's old favorites and added a fresh twist to make them more healthy but just as flavorful as the originals. "Don't get nervous, all your favorites are still going to taste great-just the way you like them," reassures Marvin. Marvin Woods was born and raised in New Jersey, but he learned to cook in the South. During the summers he would spend time with his grandmother in North Carolina. She laid the foundation for a love of cooking that grew "from the aromas swirling around in the North Carolina humid waft of August to the spice from the sauces that would make you sweat while you licked your fingertips."

Author Biography

In 1984 Marvin Woods graduated from the Academy of Culinary Arts and has since become the only African-American chef & restaurateur with his own cooking program. In 2004 Marvin opened his first restaurant, MWoods, in Miami, Florida Virginia Willis is a cook, teacher, author, and television producer of Home Plate. She has worked on numerous cookbooks

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	ix
Introduction	xi
Starters & Nibbles	1	(16)
Breakfast & Brunch	17	(14)
Soups, Stews & Gumbos	31	(20)
Salads & Slaws	51	(22)
Cornbreads & Breads	73	(10)
Vegetable Sides	83	(32)
Grits, Rice & Potatoes	115	(22)
Pork	137	(14)
Chicken & Poultry	151	(18)
Beef, Lamb & Game	169	(12)
Fish & Seafood	181	(12)
Desserts	193	(26)
Index	219