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(More customer reviews)While most cook books just have recipes for the reader, most people never know where the recipe came from or what the history of the dish is. Maybe it is because I was a history major in college, but I found it so much more interesting knowing why some foods are prepared the way the are, where the dish originated, and why some of these foods are only prepared in Appalachia. Mark does a great job of explaining the background, economic forces, and reasons behind the foods widely eaten in Appalachia.
From frequenting Eastern Kentucky, I have a whole new appreciated for why vegetables are pickled, beacon is on so much food, and the corn bread in Eastern Kentucky is the best in the world.
After giving you a great background of the foods eaten in Appalachia, Mark has the other half of the book devoted to how one prepares the famous dishes and delicious staple foods of the mountains.
This is a great book for those who used to live in the mountains and forgot how to make their granny's food or for those who have only heard how good the eating is in the mountains. This book makes me miss Kay Ross's warm kitchen and the soup beans and the cornbread she always made for me when I used to live in Pikeville, Kentucky.
Andrew Dinsmore
Washington, D.C.
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Mark F. Sohn's classic book, Mountain Country Cooking, was a James Beard Award nominee in 1997. In Appalachian Home Cooking, Sohn expands and improves upon his earlier work by using his extensive knowledge of cooking to uncover the romantic secrets of Appalachian food, both within and beyond the kitchen. Shedding new light on Appalachia's food, history, and culture, Sohn offers over eighty classic recipes, as well as photographs, poetry, mail-order sources, information on Appalachian food festivals, a glossary of Appalachian and cooking terms, menus for holidays and seasons, and lists of the top Appalachian foods. Appalachian Home Cooking celebrates mountain food at its best.
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