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The award-winning actress reflects on her Southern heritage and how it is infused into every part of her life, and shares some of her grandmother Dorothea's favorite recipes and traditions.

Describes how the culinary traditions of the poor, rural South played a large part in the region's revitalization and renaissance, eventually becoming incorporated into the gentrification and artesian renaissance that gave rise to popular figures in Southern food, from Paul Prudhomme to Craig Claiborne.

The editors of the popular lifestyle magazine present every recipe from the past year of publication, including regionally inspired dishes, quick and easy meals, family favorites and special-occasion treats like Pineapple Coconut Icebox Cake, Crab Cakes and Roasted Pecan Chicken.

A celebration of African-American cooking focuses on locally sourced ingredients and includes modern adaptations of such traditional recipes as fried green tomatoes, grits, hush puppies, fried chicken, and gumbo.

Chef Sean Brock is perhaps the best known spokesperson for both expanding and preserving the integrity of traditional Southern food ways. His cuisine shines the spotlight on the untold varieties of rice, beans and grains which once made America the envy of the world. In short, Sean Brock is on the front line of restoring the South to its former Culinary glory.

Go deep into the heart and soul of American southern cooking. Smoke Roots Mountain Harvest by Lauren McDuffie, writer of the award-winning food blog Harvest and Honey (and a Saveur Best Blog finalist for "Best New Voice"), captures the flavors and modern cooking techniques of Appalachia and the Blue Ridge Mountains in this evocative cookbook. This beautiful cookbook showcases 70 recipes and 80 photographs organized by seasons. Each chapter opens with...

"Edna loved to cook. Growing up on a farm in Freetown, Virginia, she learned the value of fresh, local, seasonal food from her Mama Daisy, as well as how to measure ingredients for biscuits using coins and to listen closely to her cakes to know when theywere done. Edna carried these traditions with her all the way to Manhattan, where she became a celebrated chef, cooking traditional French food in her signature Southern style and introducing the world...

"It is long past time to recognize Black excellence in the culinary world the same way it has been celebrated in the worlds of music, sports, literature, film, and the arts. Black cooks and creators have led American culture forward with indelible contributions of artistry and ingenuity from the start, but Black authorship has been consistently erased from the story of American food. Now, in The Rise, chef, author, and television star Marcus Samuelsson...