Binding: Paperback Dewey Decimal Number: 641 EAN: 9780761119166 ISBN: 0761119167 Label: Workman Publishing Company Manufacturer: Workman Publishing Company Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 392 Publication Date: November 22, 2007 Publisher: Workman Publishing Company Sales Rank: 107160 Studio: Workman Publishing Company
Product Description“Cornbread? I LOVE cornbread!” For six years, that’s the response Crescent Dragonwagon got when people asked her what she was writing about. Over time, she came to understand: Not only is hot, just baked cornbread delicious, it evokes—powerfully—the heart, soul, and taste of home.
There is an abundance of satisfying cornbreads, as Crescent discovered when she followed the cornbread trail from the Appalachians to the Rockies to the Green Mountains. Traveling to family reunions, potlucks, tortilleras, stone-grinding mills, and the National Cornbread Festival in South Pittsburgh, Tennessee, she heard the stories, tasted the breads, learned the secrets. Join her in this overflowing cornucopia: over 200 irresistible recipes for cornbreads, muffins, fritters, pancakes, and go-withs. Cornbreads from below the Mason-Dixon line (Skillet-Sizzled Buttermilk Cornbread, Truman Capote’s Family’s Alabama Cornbread) meet those from above (Durgin-Park Boston Cornbread, Vermont Maple-Sweetened Cornbread). Southwestern offerings—Chou-Chou’s Dallas Hot Stuff Cornbread, delectable homemade tamales, and tortillas from scratch—meet internationals like India’s Makki Ki Roti. A Thanksgiving with Crescent’s Sweet-Savory Cornbread Dressing is rapturous. Desserts like Very Lemony Gorgeous Cornmeal Pound Cake make any meal exceptional.
Along with this, Crescent gives us the greens, the beans, the salads, stews, and soups that accompany cornbread to perfection. And she tells us the stories, too. Enthusiastic and heartfelt, this thoughtful, exuberant love song to America’s favorite breadstuff and all that goes with it will embrace readers and cooks everywhere.
What Others Say
Great Addition to your Collection!
Awesome book and has the best of the best cornbread recipes. I use mine to tailor my cornbread type to the dish that I am preparing. For Chili I choose a thicker, richer, cornbread. Cabbage craves a thinner, sweeter cornbread. The Cornbread Gospels is great for true cornbread lovers.
CassieJWJ
Gotta love cornbread
Who doesn't love cornbread? I never knew it had such a history until I read The Cornbread Gospels. There are recipes from around the country from Johnny Cake to Cornbread Salad. Mark Twain once said, "Perhaps no bread in the world is quite as good as Southern corn bread." Does everyone know what a pone is? You'll find out in The Cornbread Gospels.
cornbread gospels
I purchased this as a gift for my daughter. She loves it and others have seen it and they want it also. I ordered a 2nd copy for a friend also. Great and easy recipes for a favorite dish.
The essential "cornbread" making cookbook. But so much more.
The Cornbread Gospels was given to me by my daughter because she has heard me talking about when my husband and I went on a trip to Eureka Springs, Arkansas, and met Crescent Dragonwagon (as a consumer, not personally). Her restaurant did indeed serve wonderful food and the entire trip was a fantastic experience. I must confess, when I found out that this recipe book concentrated solely on cornbread I was skeptical about it holding my interest. I was wrong.
Let's get the negatives out of the way first:
1. There are no pictures of the finished dishes. I REALLY like pictures.
2. With the exception of the cover, the entire book is black, white, and a kind of pumpkin/orangie color. Not very exciting visually.
3. It is ... Read More
Cornbread Fans Rejoice
I love The Cornbread Gospels. For a true cornbread lover The Cornbread Gospels is all you will ever need. There is every type imaginable with some background on the differences between regions. Worth every penny.
