In the introduction to Soul Food Odyssey, Chef Stephanie Tyson
describes her early feelings when people assumed her Sweet Potatoes
restaurant was a “soul food” establishment. “Soul food was
like the boxer George Foreman,” she says. “He would stand there
and go toe-to-toe. It wasn’t pretty, but he got the job done, and
you’d be on your butt. Southern food, on the other hand, was like
Muhammad Ali—a little prettier, and you’d still be on your
butt! I wanted Ali. I missed the connection that they were both
great fighters. Once I got off my high horse, I wanted to know,
from a culinary point of view, how do you make what is essentially
castaway food into a ‘cuisine’?” In Soul Food Odyssey, Tyson
takes readers along on her journey back to find the food her
grandmother called “sumntaeat.” The recipes she shares include
how to cook various parts of the pig from “the router to the
tooter”; other meat dishes, including everything from stewed
turkey wings and pot roast to a Low Country boil; what Tyson calls
“stone soul sides,” including crackling cornbread, hoecakes,
and, of course, different kinds of greens; soups and stews
including oxtail and fish head stew and “Everything in It
Vegetable Soup”; and desserts “to sell your soul for.” Along
with the recipes come Tyson’s comments, which reflect her biting
wit as well as her deep appreciation of the food she has come to
embrace. Stephanie L. Tyson is a creative chef who has turned
growing up in the South into the soul of her restaurant, Sweet
Potatoes. Born in North Carolina, Tyson spent countless hours
dreaming of the bright lights of anywhere else. But once she left
to travel and cook around the world, she could not believe what a
relief it was to come home again. Trained in culinary arts at
Baltimore International College, Chef Tyson opened her
award-winning restaurant with her partner, Vivián Joiner, in 2003
in the downtown Arts District of Winston-Salem, where they live.
General
Imprint: |
John F. Blair Publisher
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Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
June 2015 |
Authors: |
Stephanie L. Tyson
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Dimensions: |
215 x 152 x 13mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback
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Pages: |
167 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-89587-646-1 |
Categories: |
Books >
Social sciences >
General
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LSN: |
0-89587-646-9 |
Barcode: |
9780895876461 |
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