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Title

Still we rise : a love letter to the Southern biscuit with over 70 sweet and savory recipes / Erika Council ; photographs by Andrew Thomas Lee.

Author

Council, Erika

Publication

New York : Clarkson Potter/Publishers, an imprint of Random House, [2023]

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Additional Authors

• Lee, Andrew Thomas
• Random House (Firm), publisher.

Description

207 pages : illustrations (chiefly color); 23 cm

Summary

"A love letter to the Southern biscuit, honoring its place in Black culinary culture and beyond with over 50 delicious recipes and a striking story to tell. Part cookbook, part cultural history, part memoir, Still We Rise is a tribute to the glories of flour, butter, and buttermilk baked tall, tender, and flaky. Erika Council is the founder and head baker of the renowned Bomb Biscuit Company in Atlanta, Georgia. The granddaughter of legendary soul food chef Mildred (Mama Dip) Council, a teacher and activist who cooked and baked to support the civil rights movement, Erika knows all about the power of the persistent biscuit. Here, recipes connect readers to the traditions and stories of the South and to the people who instilled in her a love of bread making, including her grandmothers and mother, family friends, and acquaintances, along with her favorite Black cookbook authors of the past 100 years who inspired some of her biscuit creations. Through over fifty unique recipes, both sweet and savory, like Corn Milk Biscuits, Cheerwine Mustard, Red Curry Basil Biscuits, Hominy Honey Butter and a Fried Oyster Biscuit Sandwich (plus a mind-blowing Cinnamon Sugar and Pecan Biscuit), Erika takes us on a journey through Black resilience, excellence, and heritage in the American South with delicious and accessible recipes"--

Alternative Title

Love letter to the Southern biscuit with over seventy sweet and savory recipes

Subject

• Biscuits
• Cooking, American > Southern style
• African American cooking
• Biscuits
• Cooking, American > Southern style
• Southern States > Food

Genre/Form

• Cookbooks
• Illustrated works.
• Cookbooks.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Biscuit beginnings: behind the pantry door -- How to be basic: base biscuit recipes -- Rise to new heights: other ways to shape, cut, and bake up a biscuit -- In the mix: all-purpose biscuit mix -- Savory biscuits -- Sweet biscuits -- Spread love like butter: jams, spreads, and butters to jazz up your biscuits -- Biscuit breakfast and brunch.

Call Number

Sc D 23-906

ISBN

• 9780593236093
• 0593236092
• 9780593236109 (canceled/invalid)

LCCN

2022045287

OCLC

1346125686

Author

Council, Erika, author.

Title

Still we rise : a love letter to the Southern biscuit with over 70 sweet and savory recipes / Erika Council ; photographs by Andrew Thomas Lee.

Publisher

New York : Clarkson Potter/Publishers, an imprint of Random House, [2023]

Edition

First edition.

Type of Content

text

still image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Subject

Black author.

Added Author

Lee, Andrew Thomas, photographer.

Random House (Firm), publisher.

Research Call Number

Sc D 23-906