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Seafood Gumbo
There are many different gumbo recipes, all taking advantage of local ingredients and served with rice. This one is a heady, fragrant slurry thick with seafood.
January 2008
- Keywords
- southern u.s.,
- soup,
- seafood,
- edna lewis
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Hoppin’ John
"There is a dish that originated in Charleston called Hoppin’ John," Edna Lewis writes in In Pursuit of Flavor, "which we had never heard of in Virginia."
January 2008
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- edna lewis,
- southern u.s.,
- pork
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Lowcountry Breakfast Shrimp
This shrimp’s gentle preparation yields an utterly soothing broth that tastes just right first thing in the morning.
January 2008
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- seafood,
- southern u.s.,
- scott peacock
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Potato Casserole
Potatoes aren’t a backbone starch in the South, but they’re one vegetable, notes Miss Lewis, that is good in all seasons.
January 2008
- Keywords
- edna lewis,
- southern u.s.,
- potato
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Baked Tomatoes with Crusty Bread
The brown sugar in the ingredients list below is there to mellow the acidity of the tomatoes, not to make this a sweet dish.
January 2008
- Keywords
- edna lewis,
- southern u.s.,
- tomato,
- bread
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Buttermilk Cookies
Miss Lewis mentions buttermilk cookies, which she pairs with ice-cold lemonade, but as far as we know, she never committed a recipe to paper.
January 2008
- Keywords
- edna lewis,
- southern u.s.,
- cookies,
- dessert
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Crusty Buttermilk Biscuits
The cliché, in this case, turns out to be true: Biscuits benefit from TLC.
January 2008
- Keywords
- southern u.s.,
- baking,
- scott peacock
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Creamy Stone-Ground Grits
“Grits love salt,” says Peacock, and his creamy-white grits demonstrate that it’s not saltiness he’s after, just perfectly balanced seasoning.
January 2008
- Keywords
- southern u.s.,
- vegetarian,
- scott peacock