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Crisscrossing her home state of North Carolina over the course of six tasty years, Foy Allen Edelman visited families in their own kitchens and communities and discovered a treasure trove of delicacies. Sweet Carolina offers the recipes for more than 220 of these confections, along with their cooks' equally flavorful reminiscences, tips, and instructions for successfully creating desserts and candies that are bound to become favorites all over again in the Old North State and beyond.
From easy apple dumplings, black walnut pound cake, Cherokee persimmon cake, and Miss Peach's sweet potato pie to lemon squares, coconut melt-away cookies, buttermilk pie, vanilla ice cream (or try the peach), old-fashioned butter mints, and five-minute fudge, this cookbook features many desserts as familiar as old friends--and some as surprising as the lazy day sonker (a deep dish pastry served with a variety of flavors, such as peach, cherry, or sweet potato). As many of the contributing cooks point out, the use of seasonal and local ingredients is prized in many of these recipes, and the range and variety of the offerings are astounding.
An invitation for home cooks of all levels of experience to get into the kitchen, this cookbook will satisfy more than the sweet tooth. From the mountains to the Piedmont to the coast, Sweet Carolina preserves a significant record of North Carolina and southern culinary traditions.
Synopsis:
"Recipes are arranged by type, (cakes, cookies, pies, candies) not by county, which is a mercy. . . . Every recipe is credited and many of them are storied. . . . As much a book of oral history as it is a cookbook."
-Bibliobuffet "An intriguing collection that shouldn't be overlooked [by] anyone longing for a bit of Carolina for their cravings."
-Midwest Book Review "Will go directly to any baker's heart. . . . That these recipes are gently drawn from personal stories and private kitchens makes them that much sweeter."
-Appetite for Books "It is always a pleasant surprise to find a new cookbook as well written as this one. . . . Recipes will appeal to both the novice and the seasoned home cook. . . . Readers will enjoy the glimpse into the life, flavor, and culture of many southern cooks."
-The Bloomsbury Review "Sweet Carolina would make a fine addition to any Tar Heel kitchen and would especially make a nice gift to newlyweds to begin some culinary traditions of their own."
-O.C. Stonestreet, Statesville Record & Landmark
Synopsis:
This collection features recipes for more than 220 desserts from the kitchens of ordinary North Carolinians, along with the cooks' equally flavorful reminiscences, tips, and instructions for successfully creating these sweets.
Sweet Carolina: Favorite Desserts and Candies from the Old North State
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"Synopsis"
by Netread,
"Recipes are arranged by type, (cakes, cookies, pies, candies) not by county, which is a mercy. . . . Every recipe is credited and many of them are storied. . . . As much a book of oral history as it is a cookbook."
-Bibliobuffet "An intriguing collection that shouldn't be overlooked [by] anyone longing for a bit of Carolina for their cravings."
-Midwest Book Review "Will go directly to any baker's heart. . . . That these recipes are gently drawn from personal stories and private kitchens makes them that much sweeter."
-Appetite for Books "It is always a pleasant surprise to find a new cookbook as well written as this one. . . . Recipes will appeal to both the novice and the seasoned home cook. . . . Readers will enjoy the glimpse into the life, flavor, and culture of many southern cooks."
-The Bloomsbury Review "Sweet Carolina would make a fine addition to any Tar Heel kitchen and would especially make a nice gift to newlyweds to begin some culinary traditions of their own."
-O.C. Stonestreet, Statesville Record & Landmark
"Synopsis"
by Netread,
This collection features recipes for more than 220 desserts from the kitchens of ordinary North Carolinians, along with the cooks' equally flavorful reminiscences, tips, and instructions for successfully creating these sweets.
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