Cooking in the Lowcountry from The Old Post Office Restaurant: Spanish Moss, Warm Carolina Nights, and Fabulous Southern Food (Roadfood Cookbook) [Hardcover]

Jane Stern (Author), Michael Stern (Author), Philip Bardin (Contributor)

Book Description

Series: Roadfood Cookbook | Publication Date: June 16, 2004

The exquisite menu at The Old Post Office Restaurant on Edisto Island, SC, has garnered this one-of-a-kind establishment legions of fans from around the country. It has been written up in the New York Times, Travel and Leisure, USA Today, Wine Spectator and Gourmet.

This exciting new cookbook is part of the Roadfood Cookbook Series by Jane and Michael Stern, two of the most popular and successful food writers in America. Like a visit to this historic Southern island (less than an hour from Charleston), Lowcountry Cooking from The Old Post Office Restaurant contains more than 150 favorite recipes for Southern dishes with a classical twist, such as Fussed-Over Pork Chop, P.B.'s Ultimate Filet Mignon, Coca Cola Cake, and Key Lime Mousse. It includes an 8-page color insert.

Chef Philip Bardin says, "Breads and desserts are prepared daily and all of the produce and seafood are local and the freshest available in the area. Our stone-ground grits - milled to our specifications - have been a specialty since 1988."

Previous Roadfood cookbooks include: Blue Willow Inn Cookbook (1-55853-991-3), El Charo Cookbook (1-55853-992-1), Durgin-Park Cookbook (1-4016-0028-X), Harry Carey's Cookbook (1-4016-0095-6), Louie's Backyard Cookbook (1-4016-0038-7), Carbone's Cookbook (1-4016-0122-7), and The Famous Dutch Kitchen Restaurant Cookbook (1-4016-0138-3).

Product Details

• Hardcover: 232 pages
• Publisher: Thomas Nelson (June 16, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1401601464
• ISBN-13: 978-1401601461
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 7.5 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.5 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #368,621 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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31 of 40 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars FIVE STAR DINING IN YOUR OWN HOME, June 16, 2004

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D. Wylie Perkins (Adams Run, South Carolina) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Cooking in the Lowcountry from The Old Post Office Restaurant: Spanish Moss, Warm Carolina Nights, and Fabulous Southern Food (Roadfood Cookbook) (Hardcover)

Having dined at The Old Post Office Restaurant on many occassions, I was thrilled to discover that Chef Philip Bardin has put some of his culinary creations to pen and paper for all of us to try at home. I'm blessed to live in the Lowcountry of South Carolina, near The Old Post Office Restaurant, and therefore I have access to some of the same sources of fresh produce, fresh seafood, and quality meats and poultry that the restaurant does. Chef Bardin emphasizes that you have to start with quality ingredients like they use in the restaurant to achieve the best results. With my already having access to quality ingredients, this book provides the final piece of the puzzle and allows me, and my friends, to create some of the same dishes we crave at The Old Post Office Restaurant. This book also provides a wonderful glimpse of our local culture on and around Edisto Island, South Carolina. Living near Edisto Island, I can say that the book gets it right when talking about the local culture, and if you're not from this area the book does an excellent job of introducing you to our wonderful, unique, paradise. If you don't think you'd enjoy the taste of "The Lowcountry" then you haven't tried our food or you haven't been able to try it done right. This book from Chef Bardin of The Old Post Office Restaurant will help you do do southern food right.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars 1 recipe alone is worth the price of this book, August 7, 2009

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This review is from: Cooking in the Lowcountry from The Old Post Office Restaurant: Spanish Moss, Warm Carolina Nights, and Fabulous Southern Food (Roadfood Cookbook) (Hardcover)

I have several of the Stern's books, and I have a particular affinity for Southern food. I've been to Charleston several times but I'm sorry to say I have not yet been to the the Old Post Office. I have made several recipes from this book and enjoyed them as I do all lowcountry food, but one recipe in particular has elevated this cookbook above most of my other Southern cookbooks (and I have them all, honey, from Miss Lewis to Miss Paula).

After eating at Jestine's Kitchen in Charleston, I became obsessed with the widely-recommended Coca-Cola cake. I'm not even a cake lover, but like the fabled Loveless Cafe Biscuit recipe, Jestine's Coca-Cola Cake is legendary in the Lowcountry, and the owner will not give up the recipe for anything. I made dozens of different Coca-Cola and even Dr. Pepper cakes searching for that special quality that Jestine's had. I keep a giant closeup photo from the Stern's website of a piece of Jestine's cake so I can compare each one I make to the real thing. But every recipe variation I tried was lacking something, until I tried the one from this cookbook.

Hallelujah! The Old Post Office Restaurant cookbook has a recipe for Coca-Cola cake that comes so close to Jestine's that it's hard the tell the difference. I got immediately boyfriend approval, and he's been pushing me to find "the real Coca-Cola Cake" for three years since we both tried it. Finally! Buy this book for that recipe alone!

4.0 out of 5 stars Great low country receipes, November 6, 2011

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This review is from: Cooking in the Lowcountry from The Old Post Office Restaurant: Spanish Moss, Warm Carolina Nights, and Fabulous Southern Food (Roadfood Cookbook) (Hardcover)

I had the wonderful experience many years ago to dine at the Old Post Office Restaurant on Edisto Island, S.C. and was thrilled to see the cookbook! I am located on the West Coast so some of the ingredients are not readily available, but I have found some stores online that carry some of the spices and it has been fun to be able to reproduce the recipes that are so unique and not common in our area. If anyone ever gets the chance to take the adventurous ride to the Old Post Office and dine, you will have the best meal ever!!