Beloved TV chef (ABC's Emmy Award-winning The Chew and fan favorite on
Bravo's Top Chef), Carla Hall takes us back to her own Nashville roots
to offer a fresh, lip-smackin' look at America's favorite comfort
cuisine.
In Carla Hall's Soul Food, the beloved chef and television celebrity
takes us back to her own Nashville roots to offer a fresh, lip-smackin'
look at America's favorite comfort cuisine and traces soul food's
history from Africa and the Caribbean to the American South. Carla shows
us that soul food is more than barbecue and mac and cheese.
Traditionally a plant-based cuisine, everyday soul food is full of
veggie goodness that's just as delicious as cornbread and fried chicken.
From Black-Eyed Pea Salad with Hot Sauce Vinaigrette to Tomato Pie with
Garlic Bread Crust, the recipes in Carla Hall's Soul Food deliver her
distinctive Southern flavors using farm-fresh ingredients. The results
are light, healthy, seasonal dishes with big, satisfying tastes--the
mouthwatering soul food everyone will want a taste of.
Recipes include:
- Cracked Shrimp with Comeback Sauce
- Ghanaian Peanut Beef Stew with Onions and Celery
- Caribbean Smothered Chicken with Coconut, Lime, and Chiles
- Roasted Cauliflower with Raisins and Lemon-Pepper Millet
- Field Peas with Country Ham
- Chunky Tomato Soup with Roasted Okra Rounds
- Sweet Potato Pudding with Clementines
- Poured Caramel Cake
With Carla Hall's Soul Food, you can indulge in rich celebration
foods, such as deviled eggs, buttermilk biscuits, Carla's famous take on
Nashville hot fried chicken, and a decadent coconut cream layer cake.
Featuring 145 original recipes, 120 color photographs, and a whole lotta
love, Carla Hall's Soul Food is a wonderful blend of the modern and
the traditional--honoring soul food's heritage and personalizing it with
Carla's signature fresh style. The result is an irresistible and
open-hearted collection of recipes and stories that share love and joy,
identity, and memory.
