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Variant title |
Buttermilk and Bible burgers |
Contents |
[1] The people -- A sixties summertime memory of frog hunting -- A grandmother's gift of food -- Remembering Trula Bailey -- Amazed at Grace -- Big Bob : the baron of north Alabama barbecue -- From Madisonville to Manhattan with Allan Benton -- Thomas wolfe's "big extravagance" -- The first lady of rhubarb -- Perpetuating garden goodness : the canning of Betty Ascione -- The savior of a senior center -- The broccoli lady -- Eloise -- Ravioli and recovery : the spirit of Lobello's spaghetti House -- Getting lessons in between -- Rosy serves up sass -- [2] The products -- An investment in iron -- Beating biscuits -- Breaking beans -- Red-eye gravy reinterpreted -- Milking Jerseys on the French Broad -- Designer moonshine? -- A Latin riff on ramps -- The banana croquettes of Kentucky -- Quirkyburgers -- High on the Alabama hog -- A Cuban pig roast in East Tennessee -- A taste of Hungary in the hills -- Noble noodles -- Rainbows at Sunburst -- Sorghum, a sweetener of historic proportions -- A centerpiece of Alabama celebrations -- [3] The places -- Knoxville shakes at Long's -- The Bible burger cure -- Hornet dogs at Tuckahoe -- Big steaks and Big Orange -- Pintos and persistence -- Revival at Old Pilot Hill -- Dining in the know -- A marble memorial to pop -- Miners and meatballs -- Inside Mario's Fishbowl -- Gravy day -- Bratwurst pizzas and Full Nelsons -- Tastes of old Virginia -- Pastoring with pie -- From farm to table in Floyd -- The Ju-Ju -- Architecture at odds -- "We smoke, you sauce" -- Big biscuits and Blue Devils -- Awaiting Chicken Day -- A pork chop champ -- Barbecue and butterfat -- Rutabagas! -- Carolina pride in Spruce Pine -- A culinary convergence -- The okra and cornmeal affinity -- A new role for the hushpuppy -- Breakfast on the Oconaluftee -- Nineteenth-century dining -- Smoking in Hothouse -- Cincinnati steak and cherry smash in South Carolina -- An afterword. |
General note | Includes index. |
LCCN | 2014002539 |
ISBN | 9780881464795 (paperback : alkaline paper) |
ISBN | 0881464791 (paperback : alkaline paper) |