Southern cookbook author Cynthia Graubart will discuss her newest book, Chicken: A Savor the South Cookbook, at her book talk and signing on Tuesday, November 1st, at 5:30 pm at Fiction Addiction.
This book is a treatise containing essential information for the home cook, humorous anecdotes, and 53 wonderful recipes for both Southern and international chicken dishes. Come hear about the new book, ask questions, meet the author, get your book signed, and taste some recipe samples.
This event is free and open to the public, but please RSVP to Fiction Addiction. Books may be purchased online, at the store, or by calling Fiction Addiction at 864-675-0540.
While fried chicken may be the South’s iconic dish, when it comes to southern foodways, there are a lot of ways to love America’s most popular fowl. Preparations range from Country Captain to Carolina Chicken Bog to Chicken and Parslied Dumplings and more. Here, Cynthia Graubart celebrates the bird in all its glory, southern style and beyond. This little cookbook packs all the know-how that cooks need to make irresistible chicken dishes for everyday and special occasions, from shopping and selecting to cutting up, frying, braising, roasting, and much more. Ranging in style from traditional southern to contemporary to international, fifty-three recipes are organized to help easily match the cut of chicken to the perfect recipe. Be assured that Graubart includes instructions for making the best fried chicken ever — seven different ways.
Graubart also brings together the chicken’s culinary history with the popular culture and lore that surrounds chicken cookery in the South. She notes that the special Sunday Sabbath dinner was often built around a chicken — in fact, prior to the 1940s, chicken was sometimes more expensive than beef or pork. Today, the southern states lead the country in annual poultry production, and Kentucky Fried Chicken features throughout the American landscape. But you won’t need take-out when you have Chicken in your kitchen.
Cynthia Graubart is a food writer, James Beard Award winning cookbook author, speaker, former cooking show television producer, and most-recently the co-author with Nathalie Dupree of Mastering the Art of Southern Vegetables, as well as the best-selling (James Beard Award winning) Mastering the Art of Southern Cooking. Among Graubart’s other books is Slow Cooking for Two. Cynthia also had a long career in television cooking shows, which began with production of Nathalie’s first national public television series, New Southern Cooking.
If you cannot make the event, you can reserve a personalized copy of the author’s book by contacting Fiction Addiction in advance at 864-675-0540 or at [email protected].