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Cornbread Nation 6 - The Best of Southern Food Writing (Paperback)
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The hungrily awaited sixth volume in the Cornbread Nation series
tells the story of the American South--circa now--through the prism
of its food and the people who grow, make, serve, and eat it. The
modern South serves up a groaning board of international cuisines
virtually unknown to previous generations of Southerners, notes
Brett Anderson in his introduction. Southern food, like the
increasingly globalized South, shows an open and cosmopolitan
attitude toward ethnic diversity. But fully appreciating Southern
food still requires fluency with the region's history, warts and
all. The essays, memoirs, poetry, and profiles in this book are
informed by that fluency, revealing topics and people traditional
as well as avant garde, down home as well as urbane.
The book is organized into six chapters: "Menu Items" shares
ruminations on iconic dishes; "Messing with Mother Nature" looks at
the relationship between food and the natural environment;
"Southern Characters" profiles an eclectic mix of food notables;
"Southern Drinkways" distills libations, hard and soft; "Identity
in Motion" examines change in the Southern food world; and "The
Global South" leaves readers with some final thoughts on the
cross-cultural influences wafting from the Southern kitchen.
Gathered here are enough prominent food writers to muster the
liveliest of dinner parties: Molly O'Neill, Calvin Trillin, Michael
Pollan, Kim Severson, Martha Foose, Jessica Harris, Bill Addison,
Matt and Ted Lee, and Lolis Eric Elie, among others. Two classic
pieces--Frederick Douglass's account of the sustenance of slaves
and Edward Behr's 1995 profile of Cajun cook Eula Mae Dore--are
included. A photo essay on the Collins Oyster Company family of
Louisiana rounds out "Cornbread Nation 6."
Published in association with the Southern Foodways Alliance at the
Center for the Study of Southern Culture at the University of
Mississippi. A Friends Fund Publication.
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