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Hearthside Cooking
Early American Southern Cuisine Updated for Today's Hearth and Cookstove
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2009
For cooks who want to experience a link to culinary history, Hearthside Cooking is a treasure trove of early American delights. First published in 1986, it has become a standard guide for museum interpreters and guides, culinary historians, historical re-enactors, campers, scouts, and home cooks interested...
by Brad Shirley
Language: English
Release Date: March 11, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: March 11, 2014
For many people, the idea of cooking is intimidating.They think that the recipes are difficult to get right, and that ingredients are often hard to find and very expensive.This is simply not the case. Some of the best delicious dishes out there only have four or five ingredients that you probably...
by Carole Marsh Longmeyer
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2015
Kudzu? Would you?... Could you?... Should you?... Cook with that wild & crazy vine? You bet! Growing inside this book are delicious & healthy recipes, fascinating history, flabbergasting trivia and more than a smidgen of humor, even poetry who knew kudzu could be so much fun? Soon, you will!One trivia...
Martha Pullen's Southern Family Cookbook
Reflect on the Past, Rejoice in the Present, and Celebrate Future Gatherings with More than 250 Heirloom Recipes and Meals
Language: English
Release Date: October 18, 2012
Southern recipes, stories, and blessings from one family to another
Bring the family back into the kitchen with the Southern recipes and stories in this stunning cookbook. Southern lifestyle maven Martha Campbell Pullen offers you a place at her table as she shares her personal collection of...
Pimento Cheese: The Cookbook
50 Recipes from Snacks to Main Dishes Inspired by the Classic Southern Favorite
Language: English
Release Date: September 9, 2014
No party, picnic, or tailgate is complete without the southern favorite that is taking the north by storm--pimento cheese. Now, the creator of popular blog The Runaway Spoon has written the definitive work on the joys of making and cooking with pimento cheese--and not just the kind you spread on crackers....
New Orleans con Sabor Latino
The History and Passion of Latino Cooking
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2013
New Orleans con Sabor Latino is a documentary cookbook that draws on the rich Latino culture and history of New Orleans by focusing on thirteen New Orleanian Latinos from diverse backgrounds. Their stories are compelling and reveal what for too long has been overlooked. The book celebrates the influence...
by Pam Muñoz Ryan
Language: Spanish
Release Date: October 27, 2015
Language: Spanish
Release Date: October 27, 2015
Esperanza Ortega tiene todos los tesoros que una chica pueda desear: hermosos vestidos, una linda casa llena de sirvientes en México, y la promesa de que un día llegará a presidir el Rancho como su mamá. Pero una tragedia inesperada destruye ese sueño, obligando a Esperanza y a su madre a escapar a California dónde tendrán que trabajar en una finca junto a o
Letters from the Corrugated Castle
A Novel of Gold Rush California, 1850-1852
Language: English
Release Date: December 3, 2008
Dear Cousin Sallie,
I begin with words I never thought to write:
I am not an orphan!
Thirteen-year-old Eldora has always believed that her mother died when she was very little, and for nine years she has lived with people that she calls Aunt and Uncle. The year is 1850, and all three have exchanged...
Like a Bird
The Art of the American Slave Song
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2016
Enslaved African Americans longed for freedom, and that longing took many forms—including music. Drawing on biblical imagery, slave songs both expressed the sorrow of life in bondage and offered a rallying cry for the spirit.
Like a Bird brings together text, music, and illustrations by Coretta...
The Story of Sacajawea
Guide to Lewis and Clark
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2009
As a young girl, Sacajawea was separated from her family when she was captured by a band of Minnetaree warriors and taken to be their slave. Several years later, she was bought by a French fur trader to be his wife. Then, in 1804, when she was only sixteen years old, Sacajawea met Lewis and Clark.
Carrying...
by Maureen Garvie, Mary Beaty
Language: English
Release Date: August 18, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: August 18, 2011
Young George Johnson lives in an extraordinary family in extraordinary times. His father is Sir William Johnson, one of the richest and most powerful men in colonial New York. His mother is Molly Brant, stepdaughter of a Mohawk chief and sister of Iroquois leader Joseph Brant. George spends his early...
Secrets of the Best Chefs
Recipes, Techniques, and Tricks from America's Greatest Cooks
Language: English
Release Date: October 9, 2012
Learn to cook from the best chefs in America
Some people say you can only learn to cook by doing. So Adam Roberts, creator of the award-winning blog The Amateur Gourmet, set out to cook in 50 of America's best kitchens to figure out how any average Joe or Jane can cook like a seasoned pro....
by Nicholasa Mohr
Language: English
Release Date: July 19, 1999
Language: English
Release Date: July 19, 1999
In this sequel to Felita, Felita's going to Puerto Rico! It's like a dream to her, although she'll miss her friends. But Felita's summer isn't at all what she expected. Her uncle's small village is boring, and none of the girls wants to be friends with an outsider. Felita desperately wants to go home....
by Randall Kenan
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2016
At the intersection of food and story, The Carolina Table: North Carolina Writers on Food offers a collection of food-related stories set in North Carolina, though geography is sometimes secondary to the main theme, which is food in any form: meals and manners, cooking and ingredients, recipes and...