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The Mississippi Delta is a complicated and fascinating place. Part
travel guide, part cookbook, and part photo essay, "Eat Drink
Delta" by veteran food journalist Susan Puckett (with photographs
by Delta resident Langdon Clay) reveals a region shaped by slavery,
civil rights, amazing wealth, abject deprivation, the Civil War, a
flood of biblical proportions, and--above all--an overarching urge
to get down and party with a full table and an open bar.
There's more to Delta dining than southern standards. Puckett
uncovers the stories behind convenience stores where dill pickles
marinate in Kool-Aid and diners where tabouli appears on plates
with fried chicken. She celebrates the region's hot tamale makers
who follow the time-honored techniques that inspired many a blues
lyric. And she introduces us to a new crop of Delta chefs who brine
chicken in sweet tea and top stone-ground Mississippi grits with
local pond-raised prawns and tomato confit. The guide also provides
a taste of events such as Belzoni's World Catfish Festival and
Tunica's Wild Game Cook-Off and offers dozens of tested recipes,
including the Memphis barbecue pizza beloved by Elvis and a lemon
ice-box pie inspired by Tennessee Williams.
To William Faulkner's suggestion, "To understand the world, you
must first understand a place like Mississippi," Susan Puckett adds
this advice: Go to the Delta with an open mind and an empty
stomach. Make your way southward in a journey measured in meals,
not miles.
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