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A Real Southern Cook: In Her Savannah Kitchen

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A Real Southern Cook: In Her Savannah Kitchen

In her first cookbook, a revered former cook at Savannah's most renowned restaurant divulges her locally famous Savannah recipesâ€”many of them never written down beforeâ€”and those of her family and friends

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.Â
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These 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.Â
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With 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. â€œTalking Aboutâ€ boxes impart Doraâ€™s cooking wisdom, and evocative photos of Savannah and the Low Country set the scene.

Country	USA
Manufacturer	Rux Martin/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Binding	Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate	2015-09-08
Format	Kindle eBook

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