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The River Run Cookbook: Southern Comfort from Vermont

by Jimmy Kennedy

ISBN13: 9780060195250
ISBN10: 0060195258
Condition: Standard
Dustjacket: Standard
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From the time Jimmy and Maya Kennedy opened River Run in 1991, this tiny restaurant in Plainfield, Vermont has attracted local followers — and national attention from the New York Times and Food and Wine. Called "the best place on earth" by Pulitzer Prize winner and frequent patron David Mamet, River Run is more than a restaurant: it's a warm, welcoming home-away-from-home that serves up great food with an extra helping of small-town charm. Inspired by both Jimmy's Mississippi upbringing and its rural surroundings, River Run's menu blends traditional Southern favorites with a touch of the North. It serves the kind of honest-to-goodness cooking that draws locals every day of the week, and attracts out-of-towners who drive miles just to sample the fare.

If Plainfield isn't in your neck of the woods, don't worry: with this book, you can make all of River Run's house favorites right in your own kitchen, including Jimmy's famed buttermilk pancakes, really big buttermilk biscuits, fried chicken, catfish cakes, and banana pudding. In keeping with River Run's down-to-earth style, the recipes are simple, uncomplicated, and easy to prepare — even if you don't know your gumbo from your jambalaya.

With lively photos of River Run customers, delightful, illustrations by Maya Kennedy, and contributions from some famous locals, River Run Cookbook offers a picture of the fabric of life in this vibrant community. It's about more than great food — it's about a great town and the people that make it so.

About the Author

Jimmy Kennedy was born and raised in Brewer, Mississippi, where he learned to cook from his mother. When not cooking at River Run, Jimmy is either at home with Maya and their baby daughter, Josie, or bass fishing on Lake Champlain.

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: Madam Pince, October 20, 2008 (view all comments by Madam Pince)
It soothes my frazzled nerves to know that illustrious Yankees like David Mamet & Howard Norman enjoy Southern cooking as much as those of us who were raised on it. Jimmy Kennedy's recipes are slightly adapted to Northern groceries & palates (Breakfast Pasta, p. 85), but are definitely steeped in his Mississippi roots (Chicken-Fried Hamburger Steak, p. 98). The only category missing is drink recipes, but then again, you can just reserve some liquor from the Whiskey Cake (p. 205). Five-star recipes and terrific stories to go along with them.
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Product Details

ISBN:: 9780060195250
Subtitle:: Southern Comfort from Vermont
Foreword:: Mamet, David
Author:: Kennedy, Jimmy
Author:: Kennedy, Maya
Author:: Calta, Marialisa
Author:: Mamet, David
Publisher:: HarperCollins
Location:: New York
Subject:: Cookery, american
Subject:: Regional & Ethnic - American - General
Subject:: River Run (Restaurant)
Subject:: American - General
Edition Number:: 1st ed.
Series Volume:: [5]
Publication Date:: 20010424
Binding:: Hardcover
Language:: English
Illustrations:: Yes
Pages:: 264
Dimensions:: 9.79x8.79x.83 in. 2.30 lbs.

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