Smoke, Roots, Mountain, Harvest: Recipes + Stories From My Appalachian Home

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Smoke, Roots, Mountain, Harvest is a unique cookbook that roots itself in Appalachian ingredients and cooking techniques and transforms them into inspired meals and menus. These are familiar foods as you haven't seen them before, enlivened by new flavours or techniques. From the author's popular blog, Harvest and Honey these 78 recipes are organised by the seasons and encompass a variety of meal occasions, from small plates to soups, salads, mains, sides, drinks, dessert. Menus are suggested according to charming events. Each chapter opens with reflections and stories centred on rediscovering the unique food culture of the region. For example, a journey through a forest in the Virginia Mountains leads to an inspired forager's feast with recipes like Chanterelle and Candy Roaster Squash Bread Puddings and Oatmeal Chocolate Chunk Ice Cream Sandwiches with Black Raspberry Ice Cream. The author's own photography serves to evoke a sense of place, in the shadow of the Blue Ridge Mountains, a geographically striking and historically rich place.

Lauren McDuffie is a food writer and amateur photographer whose blog, Harvest and Honey was named finalist for Saveur's Blog Award in the Best New Voice category. She focuses on exploring and delving into recipes from her upbringing in Kentucky and the mountains of Southwestern Virginia. Her blog has been featured in Good HouseKeeping, Better Homes and Gardens, Artful Blogging Magazine, among several others. She lives in Indianapolis, Indiana with her husband, daughter, and son.

Lauren calls Smoke, Roots, Mountain, Harvest the ultimate homecoming to her Appalachian roots, but these pages are far more potent; they're an open door into a Narnia of the American South, told through lyrical storyand seasonal, medicinal foods. I couldn't put it down. --Lily Diamond, Author of the Kale Caramel cookbook and creator of the blog Kale Caramel Smoke, Roots, Mountain, Harvest is a brilliant ode to the Appalachians. Lauren's storytelling and dazzling photographs are only eclipsed by her inventive, sumptuous recipes. A true masterpiece! --Sonja Overhiser, Author of Pretty Simple Cooking and creator of the blog A Couple Cooks Harvest and Honey blogger Lauren McDuffie puts her talents to use in this excellent debut collection of more than 70 recipes inspired by her childhood in the mountains of southwestern Virginia. McDuffie mesmerizes in this intimate and charmingly rendered collection of inspiring recipes. --Publishers Weekly, starred review