Sheri Castle Boeken

Southern food and food stories are bound together. This book will reflect people, regardless of where they come form, who claim Southern food as their own, whether for a lifetime or a mealtime. People feel deep affection for their local community cookbooks, especially those well-worn volumes that serve as a timestamp of a particular place and time. No other type of recipe collection is more generous, gracious, and welcoming. Before we give you a bite, we Southern cooks have to tell you about what we've made. Southern food is evocative, so our food and food stories are bound together in our communities. A memorable Southern cookbook holds good food and a good read, the equivalent of a brimming recipe box plus the scribbled notes and whispered secrets that cover the tips, advice, and stories that a generous cook shares with family members, friends, and neighbors. These recipes bring all sorts of cooks, recipes, and stories to a common table to bring readers a cookbook filled with good things to eat that have something to say.

Wish you could adapt your Southern dishes for an Instant Pot®, multicooker, pressure cooker, or slow cooker? Castle provides a mix of classic and brand-new recipes that will reveal the range of dishes and ingredients that work well in a multicooker. Most of the recipes can be made entirely in the pot, but some require an oven or other small appliance to finish off with a sauce or browning. She encourages readers to make the recipe as written, and then adapt it to suit their family's preferences. -- adapted from introduction