Nathalie Dupree's Southern Memories: Recipes and Reminiscences [Paperback]

Nathalie Dupree (Author), Tom Eckerle (Photographer)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 5, 2004

Welcome to Nathalie Dupree's South, a place of ladies' luncheons, bake sales, fresh fish dinners, and pit barbecue, where time seems to move a bit more slowly and where fresh, flavorful food is an indispensable part of everyday life. For years, television host and author Nathalie Dupree has led the renaissance of Southern cooking, bringing the best of the region's fare to the rest of the country. Now available in paperback for the first time, Nathalie Dupree's Southern Memories is the culmination of her lasting love affair with Southern food and Southern living. It is a heartfelt tribute to the people and places that have shaped her philosophy of cooking and entertaining.

Join Nathalie as she explores the glorious South, from the oyster beds of North Carolina to the rice fields of Louisiana, with dozens of delicious stops in between and foolproof recipes for more than 150 regional favorites. This culinary tour of the region she has called home for more than forty years pays homage to the old and the new. Offering recipes for such Southern classics as Hopping John, Frogmore Stew, Angel Biscuits, and Country Ham Cooked in Coca-Cola, Nathalie also presents a hearty helping of less traditional fare, including Beef Tenderloin with Oysters Rockefeller Sauce and a savory Vidalia Onion Tart.

Gorgeous full-color photographs capture the South's gracious ambience, and Nathalie's personal reminiscences highlight the history and customs that have influenced the way Southerners eat today. For anyone who has longed to step into Nathalie's world as seen on her PBS series, Southern Memories will be as welcome as a cool iced tea on a hot summer day.

Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly

Southerner Dupree ( Nathalie Dupree Cooks for Family and Friends ), a restaurateuse, columnist and television host, reflects, "My South is the South where I ate fried fish for my wedding supper on the island of Ocracoke . . . the South is my soul." Here she feeds the body, too, with such favorites as "Fish Muddle" (a stew), fried catfish, microwave peanut brittle and other no-nonsense indulgences from south of the Mason-Dixon line. Pure pleasure has rarely been so immediately apparent in a culinary album: pictured plenty beams from almost every page, and it's unsurprising to find a "Spring Garden Cake" adorned with candied violets at rest in one photo under lavishly draped festoons of wisteria. Dupree's vision combines comfort with luxury as though there were no other choice; her taste is never pretentious, and her scruples about buttermilk, shortening and bacon are few and far between. But that's the South, and she doesn't reform it, leaving that chore to whatever Puritans may remain and inviting the rest of us to enjoy a full and flavorful repast.
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Review

"Nathalie Dupree writes about food like no one else—with warmth, passion, and an unmistakable style of her own—but nowhere is her voice clearer, or more irresistibly charming, than in this timeless classic."--Damon Lee Fowler, author of Classical Southern Cooking

"Rich with classic and modern recipes. The pictures of the dishes are so beautiful, you might be tempted to take a bite out of the page.”--Library Journal

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Product Details

• Paperback: 224 pages
• Publisher: University of Georgia Press (April 5, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0820326011
• ISBN-13: 978-0820326016
• Product Dimensions: 10 x 7.5 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #545,867 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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18 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fabulous, July 29, 1999

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This review is from: Nathalie Dupree's Southern Memories: Recipes and Reminiscences (Hardcover)

This is my favorite cookbook ever--I think everyone should have one. Ms. Dupree packs this full of recipes that real people can and would want to make--I like to think of her as comman man's Martha Stewart. What makes this extra special are the wonderful stories and beautiful photographs that accompany the recipes. Even if you never lifted a pan, you'll have a great time looking through the book, although I dare anyone to read through it without wanting to immediately try at least something from it!

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Recipes Sprinkled With Southern Food Lore, June 17, 2006

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Shannon Watkins (Radford, VA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Nathalie Dupree's Southern Memories: Recipes and Reminiscences (Hardcover)

My mom has this cookbook and I pull it from the shelf every time I go home. The recipes are excellent and the anecdotes from Dupree & Co's lives regarding Southern food are delightful. It really does capture a certain warm and generous spirit in Southern cuisine, combining old favorites with new and interesting ideas in a way that still fits in with the whole milieu. (It might sound silly to say that the pictures are gorgeous, but they are, and add not just visual information to the book but a lot of, well, heart.) I'd recommend this to anyone.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Southern Memories, October 13, 2008

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E. M. Marshall (Michigan) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Nathalie Dupree's Southern Memories: Recipes and Reminiscences (Paperback)

This is an beautiful book filled with gorgeous pictures. Actually, I worked on the book and I can tell you that all the recipes are tested three times. Unlike many other cookbooks, Nathalie's recipes work!