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Buttermilk and Bible burgers, more stories from the kitchens of Appalachia, Fred W. Sauceman

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non fiction

Buttermilk and Bible burgers

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Fred W. Sauceman

more stories from the kitchens of Appalachia

In his latest collection of writings about the foodways of the Appalachian region, Fred W. Sauceman guides readers through country kitchens and church fellowship halls, across pasture fields and into smokehouses, down rows of vegetable gardens at the peak of the season, and alongside ponds resonant with the sounds of a summer night, The scenes and subjects are oftentimes uniquely personal, and they combine to tell a love story, a chronicle of one person's affection for a region and its people, its products, and its places. Traversing Appalachia from-an Italian kitchen in Pennsylvania to a soda shop in South Carolina, Buttermilk and Bible Burgers is a tribute to people loyal to the land and proud of their culinary heritage. Sauceman describes the common bond of breaking beans, the dignity of the barbecue pit, the nobility of the black-iron skillet, and the transformative power of a glass of Tennessee buttermilk. Book jacket

[1] The people -- A sixties summertime memory of frog hunting -- A grandmother's gift of food -- Remembering Trula Bailey -- Amazed at Grace -- Big Bob : the baron of north Alabama barbecue -- From Madisonville to Manhattan with Allan Benton -- Thomas wolfe's "big extravagance" -- The first lady of rhubarb -- Perpetuating garden goodness : the canning of Betty Ascione -- The savior of a senior center -- The broccoli lady -- Eloise -- Ravioli and recovery : the spirit of Lobello's spaghetti House -- Getting lessons in between -- Rosy serves up sass -- [2] The products -- An investment in iron -- Beating biscuits -- Breaking beans -- Red-eye gravy reinterpreted -- Milking Jerseys on the French Broad -- Designer moonshine? -- A Latin riff on ramps -- The banana croquettes of Kentucky -- Quirkyburgers -- High on the Alabama hog -- A Cuban pig roast in East Tennessee -- A taste of Hungary in the hills -- Noble noodles -- Rainbows at Sunburst -- Sorghum, a sweetener of historic proportions -- A centerpiece of Alabama celebrations -- [3] The places -- Knoxville shakes at Long's -- The Bible burger cure -- Hornet dogs at Tuckahoe -- Big steaks and Big Orange -- Pintos and persistence -- Revival at Old Pilot Hill -- Dining in the know -- A marble memorial to pop -- Miners and meatballs -- Inside Mario's Fishbowl -- Gravy day -- Bratwurst pizzas and Full Nelsons -- Tastes of old Virginia -- Pastoring with pie -- From farm to table in Floyd -- The Ju-Ju -- Architecture at odds -- "We smoke, you sauce" -- Big biscuits and Blue Devils -- Awaiting Chicken Day -- A pork chop champ -- Barbecue and butterfat -- Rutabagas! -- Carolina pride in Spruce Pine -- A culinary convergence -- The okra and cornmeal affinity -- A new role for the hushpuppy -- Breakfast on the Oconaluftee -- Nineteenth-century dining -- Smoking in Hothouse -- Cincinnati steak and cherry smash in South Carolina -- An afterword