Synopses & Reviews
Sallie Ann Robinson was born and reared on Daufuskie Island, one of the South Carolina Sea Islands well known for their West African-influenced Gullah culture. With this cookbook, Robinson highlights some of her favorite memories and delicious recipes from life on Daufuskie, where the islanders traditionally ate what they grew in the soil, caught in the river, and hunted in the woods. Includes 75 recipes and 25 folk remedies.
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"Time honored recipes are generally quick and straightforward, while still full of the flavor of local ingredients."
Staten Island Advance
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Spend some time with [Robinson] yourself . . . and you'll feel marvelously satisfied in both your belly and your heart.
--Ann Arbor News
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Cooking the Gullah Way is a last glimpse of a fading culture.
Gastronomica
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. . . [E]ach [recipe] could be filed under one or more of the three S's: simple, soul food or seafood.
--Publishers Weekly
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[T]he recipes allow us all to savor Robinson's taste of Gullah culture and to recreate her world in our own.
--Jessica B. Harris, from the Foreword
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"Echoes the same reverent note as her much-praised first [book]."
Charleston "Time honored recipes are generally quick and straightforward, while still full of the flavor of local ingredients."
Staten Island Advance Spend some time with [Robinson] yourself . . . and you'll feel marvelously satisfied in both your belly and your heart.
--Ann Arbor News Cooking the Gullah Way is a last glimpse of a fading culture.
Gastronomica . . . [E]ach [recipe] could be filed under one or more of the three S's: simple, soul food or seafood.
--Publishers Weekly [T]he recipes allow us all to savor Robinson's taste of Gullah culture and to recreate her world in our own.
--Jessica B. Harris, from the Foreword
About the Author
Sallie Ann Robinson is author of Gullah Home Cooking the Daufuskie Way. She now makes her home in Savannah, Georgia.