Book description
A collection of oven dishes both sweet and savory from a Southerner
whose passion for them shows no sign of cooling
No one knows Southern cooking quite like Jean Anderson. A long-time
food editor and the author of such books as A Love Affair with
Southern Cooking and Falling Off the Bone, her
encyclopedic knowledge of Southern food makes her the perfect author
for this delicious down-home collection. If it's baked and it's from
the South, you'll find it here. From a Southern Oven includes more
than 150 recipes, both savory and sweet, classic and contemporary.
You'll find appetizers and snacks, main dishes, sides, breads, and
desserts that showcase such beloved Southern staples as pork and rice,
sweet potatoes and Vidalia onions, butter beans, and blackberries and
peaches. From Oven-Barbecued Chicken to Shrimp and Artichoke Hearts au
Gratin to Blueberry Pecan Crisp, this book has it all. Throughout,
Anderson dishes up juicy bits of history and lore about the recipes,
while luscious full-color photographs offer mouthwatering inspiration.
- Southern cuisine is more popular than ever and who better than
award-winning Southern cookbook author Jean Anderson to introduce
you to the real thing?
- More than 150 reach-across-the-menu recipes from every corner of
the American South that cover the homespun and the haute, among
them dozens of easy casseroles, crisps, and cobblers
- Jean
Anderson, who's won six best cookbook awards, is also the author
of Falling Off the Bone, A Love Affair with Southern
Cooking, and The New Doubleday Cookbook
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If you love Southern food in all its honest, soulful glory, this
delectable collection of oven-baked goodness is an absolute must.
JEAN ANDERSON, the author of more than twenty cookbooks, has
written articles for Bon Appétit, Food & Wine, Gourmet,
More, and other national magazines. A six-time best cookbook award
winner (James Beard, IACP, and Tastemaker), she is a member of the
James Beard Cookbook Hall of Fame and a founding member of Les Dames d'Escoffier.
