Bibliograph

The potlikker papers, a food history of the modern South, John T. Edge

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The potlikker papers, a food history of the modern South, John T. Edge

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The potlikker papers

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

952964492

Responsibility statement

John T. Edge

Sub title

a food history of the modern South

Summary

Beginning with the pivotal role of cooks in the Civil Rights movement, noted authority John T. Edge narrates the South's journey from racist backwater to a hotbed of American immigration. In so doing, he traces how the food of the poorest Southerners has become the signature trend of modern American haute cuisine

Table Of Contents

Potlikker: an introduction -- Freedom struggles (1950s-1970s) -- Kitchen tables -- Restaurant theaters -- Poor power -- Black power -- Rise of the folk (1970s & 1980s) -- Landed hippies -- Faster food -- Carter country -- Black pastorals -- Gentrification (1980s & 1990s) -- Kingmaker and kings -- Generation grits -- Cooking school -- New respect (1990s-2010s) -- Artisanal pantry -- Restaurant renaissance -- Pits and pitmasters -- Future tenses (2010s forward) -- Political reckonings -- Nuevo sud -- Shared palates: an afterword

Target audience

adult

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