Rice: A Savor the South Cookbook
Michael W. Twitty
(Author)
Description
Among the staple foods most welcomed on southern tables--and on tables around the world--rice is without question the most versatile. As Michael W. Twitty observes, depending on regional tastes, rice may be enjoyed at breakfast, lunch, and dinner; as main dish, side dish, and snack; in dishes savory and sweet. Filling and delicious, rice comes in numerous botanical varieties and offers a vast range of scents, tastes, and textures depending on how it is cooked. In some dishes, it is crunchingly crispy; in others, soothingly smooth; in still others, somewhere right in between. Commingled or paired with other foods, rice is indispensable to the foodways of the South. As Twitty's fifty-one recipes deliciously demonstrate, rice stars in Creole, Acadian, soul food, Low Country, and Gulf Coast kitchens, as well as in the kitchens of cooks from around the world who are now at home in the South. Exploring rice's culinary history and African diasporic identity, Twitty shows how to make the southern classics as well as international dishes--everything from Savannah Rice Waffles to Ghanaian Crab Stew. As Twitty gratefully sums up, "Rice connects me to every other person, southern and global, who is nourished by rice's traditions and customs."
Product Details
Price
$21.00
$19.53
Publisher
University of North Carolina Press
Publish Date
March 01, 2021
Pages
120
Dimensions
7.7 X 8.7 X 0.6 inches | 0.7 pounds
Language
English
Type
Hardcover
EAN/UPC
9781469660240
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About the Author
Michael W. Twitty is a noted culinary and cultural historian and the creator of Afroculinaria, the first blog devoted to African American historic foodways and their legacies. He has been honored by FirstWeFeast.com as one of the twenty greatest food bloggers of all time, and named one of the "Fifty People Who Are Changing the South" by Southern Living and one of the "Five Cheftavists to Watch" by TakePart.com. Twitty has appeared throughout the media, including on NPR's The Splendid Table, and has given more than 250 talks in the United States and abroad. His work has appeared in Ebony, the Guardian, and on NPR.org. He is also a Smith fellow with the Southern Foodways Alliance, a TED fellow and speaker, and the first Revolutionary in Residence at the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. Twitty lives in Silver Spring, Maryland.
Reviews
A jampacked volume . . . [Twitty] has a gift for presenting the historical in a manner that is both accessible and personal."--New York Times
The new cookbook from James Beard Award-winning writer Michael W. Twitty is a thin volume full of depth."--USA Today
Rice, which contains fifty-one recipes featuring and supporting the grain--including jollof rice, curried rice salad, and Carolina pilau--focuses Twitty's critical acumen on an ingredient so versatile it has the power to become the main course, a side dish, or dessert. Written in praise of the globally important and endlessly adaptable food, Twitty traces rice's journey from Africa through the Caribbean and into the American South."--Garden & Gun
Joyously illustrates why rice is a staple of diets worldwide and is central to the chefs and practices of the American South and the African diaspora."--Philadelphia Inquirer
Before embarking on the recipes, Twitty offers a history of how rice became a staple in the American South, especially after the arrival of enslaved people. . . . Another excellent addition to the Savor the South cookbook series that will appeal to fans of Southern cooking, and anyone looking for new takes on a common ingredient."--Library Journal
Links the proliferation of rice across the South to its African origins. Recognizing the ubiquity of rice in Asia, Latin America, and other parts of the world, Twitty doesn't claim Africans invented rice; instead, he presents a forgotten and often ignored history of African influence in how rice is cultivated, prepared, and served throughout the South and the world."--Bittman Project
Sure to delight all Southern and world cuisine foodies, Michael W. Twitty's Rice is an invaluable addition to the Savor the South series."--Foreword Reviews
The new cookbook from James Beard Award-winning writer Michael W. Twitty is a thin volume full of depth."--USA Today
Rice, which contains fifty-one recipes featuring and supporting the grain--including jollof rice, curried rice salad, and Carolina pilau--focuses Twitty's critical acumen on an ingredient so versatile it has the power to become the main course, a side dish, or dessert. Written in praise of the globally important and endlessly adaptable food, Twitty traces rice's journey from Africa through the Caribbean and into the American South."--Garden & Gun
Joyously illustrates why rice is a staple of diets worldwide and is central to the chefs and practices of the American South and the African diaspora."--Philadelphia Inquirer
Before embarking on the recipes, Twitty offers a history of how rice became a staple in the American South, especially after the arrival of enslaved people. . . . Another excellent addition to the Savor the South cookbook series that will appeal to fans of Southern cooking, and anyone looking for new takes on a common ingredient."--Library Journal
Links the proliferation of rice across the South to its African origins. Recognizing the ubiquity of rice in Asia, Latin America, and other parts of the world, Twitty doesn't claim Africans invented rice; instead, he presents a forgotten and often ignored history of African influence in how rice is cultivated, prepared, and served throughout the South and the world."--Bittman Project
Sure to delight all Southern and world cuisine foodies, Michael W. Twitty's Rice is an invaluable addition to the Savor the South series."--Foreword Reviews
