{"product_id":"a-real-southern-cook-in-her-savannah-kitchen-isbn-9780544387683","title":"A Real Southern Cook: In Her Savannah Kitchen","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Dora Charles is the real deal, and hers may be the most honest - and personal - southern cookbook I've ever read.\" - John Martin Taylor\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e In her first cookbook, a revered former cook at Savannah's most renowned restaurant divulges her locally famous Savannah recipes—many of them never written down before—and those of her family and friends\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Hundreds of thousands of people have made a trip to dine on the exceptional food cooked by Dora Charles at Savannah's most famous restaurant. Now, the woman who was barraged by editors and agents to tell her story invites us into her home to taste the food she loves best.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThese are the intensely satisfying dishes at the heart of Dora's beloved Savannah: Shrimp and Rice; Simple Smoky Okra; Buttermilk Cornbread from her grandmother; and of course, a truly incomparable Fried Chicken. Each dish has a \"secret ingredient\" for a burst of flavor: mayonnaise in the biscuits; Savannah Seasoning in her Gone to Glory Potato Salad; sugar-glazed bacon in her deviled eggs. All the cornerstones of the Southern table are here, from Out-of-This-World Smothered Catfish to desserts like a jaw-dropping Very Red Velvet Cake.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith moving dignity, Dora describes her motherless upbringing in Savannah, the hard life of her family, whose memories stretched back to slave times, learning to cook at age six, and the years she worked at the restaurant. “Talking About” boxes impart Dora’s cooking wisdom, and evocative photos of Savannah and the Low Country set the scene.\u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003e\"Dora Charles's take on classic Southern recipes is \u003cstrong\u003eapproachable and creative\u003c\/strong\u003e, and her moment in the spotlight is long overdue.\"--Eater.com \"The book is itself \u003cstrong\u003ea tribute to a woman who never imagined she would have to practice signing her name for fans\u003c\/strong\u003e... Some recipes...like crab cakes, poundcakes, and jambalaya, are the best of scratch cooking... \u003cstrong\u003eMs. Charles is a meticulous and methodical cook...[she] is also an astute interpreter of culture\u003c\/strong\u003e... [She] stresses the importance of selecting good raw ingredietns and building flavor at every step, like saving what she called fry-meat-grease from bacon, sausage, or pork chops to rub on sweet potatoes as they bake or to eliven rice and greens...\"--\u003cem\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/em\u003e \"\u003cstrong\u003eEven just reading the names of recipes in Savannah chef Dora Charles' debut cookbook is making us wild with hunger\u003c\/strong\u003e – Buttermilk cornbread? Fried chicken? Very red velvet cake? We're not sure we can wait until September.\"—People.com  \"\u003cem\u003eA Real Southern Cook \u003c\/em\u003eis a beautiful read, a vital illustration of Southern foodways, and an important addition to the canon of great American cookbooks.\" - \u003cstrong\u003eMatt Lee and Ted Lee, \u003c\/strong\u003eauthors of \u003cem\u003eThe Lee Bros. Charleston Kitchen \u003c\/em\u003e   \"Dora Charles is the real deal\u003cem\u003e, \u003c\/em\u003eand hers may be the most honest — and personal — Southern cookbook I've read.\" - \u003cstrong\u003eJohn Taylor, \u003c\/strong\u003eauthor of\u003cem\u003e Hoppin' John's Lowcountry Cooking \u003c\/em\u003eand owner of HoppinJohns.com  \u003cem\u003e\"\u003c\/em\u003eAfter soaking in pages of fried spareribs, red rice, and coconut cake, I just wanted to be at Dora’s house when supper was served.” — \u003cstrong\u003eVivian Howard\u003c\/strong\u003e, chef and owner, Chef \u0026amp; the Farmer and creator of the PBS documentary\u003cem\u003e\u003cem\u003eA Chef’s Life  \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e   “Dora Charles and her family recipes are legendary in Savannah, and finally she has written them down for the rest of us.” — \u003cstrong\u003eNathalie Dupree, \u003c\/strong\u003eauthor and television personality   “Dora Charles is unabashedly honest about the scarred beauty that is Southern food. It is time to make some Tomato Pie and some Hushpuppies, because within those recipes are the stories of family and place.” —\u003cstrong\u003eHugh Acheson\u003c\/strong\u003e, chef and author   \"People like Dora and the food she cooks are what I love about the South — real people, honest cooking. Two thumbs up!\" –\u003cstrong\u003eEddie Hernandez\u003c\/strong\u003e , executive chef of Taqueria del Sol restaurants        \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harvest","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44890040729829,"sku":"NP9780544387683","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780544387683.jpg?v=1730232429","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/a-real-southern-cook-in-her-savannah-kitchen-isbn-9780544387683","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}