| Cornbread Nation 1: The Best of Southern Food Writing Contributor(s): Egerton, John (Editor) |
|
 |
ISBN: 0807854190 ISBN-13: 9780807854198 Publisher: University of North Carolina Press OUR PRICE: $27.50 Product Type: Paperback Published: October 2002 Annotation: "Cornbread Nation 1" gathers the best of recent Southern food writing--51 entries culled from original features and previously published selections in magazines and journals--in which contributors celebrate the people, places, traditions, and tastes of the American South. 50 illustrations. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Cooking | Essays & Narratives - Cooking | Regional & Ethnic - American - Southern States - Literary Collections | Essays |
| Dewey: 641.309 |
| LCCN: 2002006417 |
| Series: Cornbread Nation: Best of Southern Food Writing |
| Physical Information: 0.65" H x 6.14" W x 9.22" (0.89 lbs) 272 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - South |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The first volume in what will be an annual collection, Cornbread Nation gathers the best of recent Southern food writing. In fifty entries--original features and selections previously published in magazines and journals--contributors celebrate the people, places, traditions, and tastes of the American South. In these pages, Nikki Giovanni expresses her admiration for the legendary Edna Lewis, James Villas remembers his friend Craig Claiborne, Rick Bragg thinks back on Thanksgivings at home, Robert Morgan describes the rituals of canning time, and Fred Chappell offers a contrarian's view of iced tea. "Collectively," writes John Egerton, these pieces "buttress our conviction that nothing else the South has to offer to the nation and the world--with the possible exception of its music--is more eternally satisfying, heartwarming, reconciling, and memorable than its food." With the publication of Cornbread Nation, we acknowledge with gratitude the abiding centrality of food in the ongoing life of the South. Contributors include: Colman Andrews Jim Auchmutey Roy Blount Jr. Gene Bourg Rick Bragg Fred Chappell Lolis Eric Elie Damon Lee Fowler Nikki Giovanni Jessica Harris Karen Hess Jack Hitt Ted & Matthew Lee Ronni Lundy Robert Morgan James Villas Robb Walsh |
Contributor Bio(s): Egerton, John: - John Egerton is a journalist and author whose books include the award-winning Southern Food: At Home, on the Road, in History and Speak Now Against the Day: The Generation Before the Civil Rights Movement in the South. He lives in Nashville, Tennessee. General editor John T. Edge is executive director of the Southern Foodways Alliance in Oxford, Mississippi. Founded in 1999, the SFA works to celebrate, preserve, promote, and nurture the diverse food cultures of the American South. Its members include scholars, chefs, cookbook authors, journalists, and farmers. |