Hoppin' John's Charleston, Beaufort & Savannah: Dining at Home in the Lowcountry (Hardcover)

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South Carolina and Georgia's coastal cities have developed their own cuisine since their colonial infancy, a cooking style distinctive from the rest of the South. Access to the sea's finest, freshest shrimp, crab, and oysters opened culinary possibilities far beyond those in inland plantations. Taylor's newest book presents the best of this regional cookery set among photographs of the cities' stately homes. The result is a particularly elegant volume with practical recipes that cooks throughout the U.S. can appreciate. Some will prove difficult or expensive to reproduce--smoked lamb sausage required for Frogmore stew isn't readily available outside low-country sources. As if oysters Rockefeller somehow were too plain on their own, Taylor stuffs them into puff pastry to produce enticing finger foods. Other recipes--for cornbread, lemonade, and the like--present fewer difficulties. Mark Knoblauch

Product Description

John Martin Taylor offers a tempting display of homes and food with this sumptuous treasury of recipes and photographs. From shrimp Creole to black-eyed pea cakes, the unique flavors of southern cuisine are as old and treasured as the charming mansions of Charleston, Beaufort, and Savannah. 150 full-color photos.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 176 pages
• Publisher: Clarkson Potter; 1st edition (March 25, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0517703874
• ISBN-13: 978-0517703878
• Product Dimensions: 11.2 x 9 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #705,380 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Lot's of pretty pictures. Short on recipes., January 22, 2003

By	Hoc Stercus "beeper99" (Hudson, NY USA) - See all my reviews

If you want some excellent photography of several great homes in the South, you will enjoy this book. It will make an attractive addition to anyone's coffee table. If you want a good collection of recipes from the south, then look elsewhere. The quantity of recipes is limited; and the ones that are there are found, for the most part, in dozens of other cookbooks. Save your money.

11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars excellent recipes, but ..., August 7, 1999

By A Customer

The recipes in this book are excellent, as is the photography. However, I could do without Mr. Taylor's somewhat elitist comments throughout the book, such as what "self-respecting" Charlestonians do and don't do. I learned to cook in Charleston, from many people who certainly consider themselves "self-respecting", and who were born and raised in Charleston (unlike Mr. Taylor), and they cook in many different ways, using many different recipes and ingredients to prepare the same dish! Also, the repeated plugging of products sold in his store downtown is somewhat self-serving. But like I said, the recipes are worth it, and I use them frequently.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Delightful combination of history and eating, November 20, 1998

By A Customer

For once, Southern cooking has been represented in its true form - sans grease, overcooking, and exotic ingredients. What is left is truly good food. Also present is historical information regarding the South and how this food fits into the past culture. A well researched, recipe tested, must have cookbook.