Eating, Drinking, and Visiting in the South: An Informal History by Taylor, Joe Gray - 1982

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LSU Press, 4/1/1982 12:00:01 AM. paperback. Acceptable. 0.4409 in x 9.0000 in x 6.0000 in. This is a used book. It may contain highlighting/underlining and/or the book may show heavier signs of wear . It may also be ex-library or without dustjacket.

Louisiana State University Press, 1982-05-01. Paperback. Good.

Louisiana State University Press. Good with no dust jacket. 1982. Later Printing. Paperback. 0807110132 . 9 X 6 X 0.44 inches; 182 pages .

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Paperback / softback. New. A lively, informal history of over three centuries of southern hospitality and cuisine, Eating, Drinking, and Visiting in the South traces regional gastronomy from the sparse diet of Jamestown settlers, who learned from necessity to eat what the Indians ate, to the lavish corporate cocktail parties of the New South. Brimming with memorable detail, this book by Joe Gray Taylor ranges from the groaning plates of the great plantations, witnessed by Frederick Law Olmsted and a great many others, to the less-than-appetizing extreme guests often confronted in the South's nineteenth-century inns and taverns: ""execrable coffee, rancid butter, and very dubious meat."" Taylor describes the diet of the early pioneers, with its corn bread, beaver-tail soup, and black bear meat, and the creation of the South's regional cuisines, including Kentucky's burgoo and south Louisiana's gumbo. He tells of the rounds of visitation that were… Read More