I Heart Soul Food: 100 Southern Comfort Food Favorites

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A USA Today “Essential Cookbook by Black Chefs and Authors”

Presenting over 100 mouth-watering recipes for Southern soul food favorites that’ll be the hit of any Sunday supper—from the beloved YouTuber, home cook, and founder of I Heart Recipes. 

Learn to cook comfort food the way Mom used to! Here, Rosie Mayes shares all the secrets of southern classics like fried chicken, mashed potatoes, collard greens, and mac and cheese—plus soulful twists like Sweet Potato Biscuits and Fried Ribs. I Heart Soul Food features over 100 recipes, all organized by meal, including 30 fan favorites, 70 never-before-seen recipes, and 90 photographs.
 
• Stick-to-Your-Ribs Breakfast Favorites: Blueberry Cornbread Waffles and Shrimp; Andouille Sausage and Grits
• Main Dishes: Smothered Chicken; Oxtail Stew
• Sides: Baked Candied Yams; Soul Food Collard Greens; Sweet Cornbread.
• Drinks and Desserts: Peach Cobbler; Pralines; Sweet Iced Tea.
 
Authentic, mouthwatering, and featuring easy-to-find ingredients, these recipes are like love on a plate—perfect Sunday suppers and celebrations.

“Rosie is my go-to when it comes to recipes.”
—Angie Thomas, #1 New York Times–bestselling author of The Hate U Give

From the Publisher

I call it soul food. It includes the Jamaican food that my great-grandmother ate and the seafood-centric dishes that I make from the great stuff that’s available in the Pacific Northwest. But it’s all soul food because I use what I have and I put my all into it; I’m serving love on a plate.

Blueberry Cornbread Waffles

These waffles are a combination of my son’s two favorite foods (waffles and cornbread) and one of mine (blueberries). When I was growing up, we used to sometimes go out to breakfast at a local restaurant near my hometown of Seattle and get them.

“Rosie is my go-to when it comes to recipes.”

–Angie Thomas, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Hate U Give and On the Come Up

Black-Eyed Pea Salad

Every New Year’s Day when I was a kid, we would eat black-eyed peas because beans mean prosperity, and we were always hoping that this would be the year. In fact, we hoped so hard we would put out two kinds of black-eyed peas: the traditional hot version, made with ham hocks, and also this nice cold salad—why not double your luck?

Crab Deviled Eggs with Bacon

If you read the breakfast section, you know I hate bland eggs. So when I wanted to make some deviled eggs for a holiday party, I knew I needed to add my special twist. Crab packs the filling with briny flavor, and the bacon adds a smoky, meaty crunch.

Oven-Baked BBQ Ribs

My mom never grilled when I was growing up, so BBQ always meant the oven to us at home. Now that I’m grown up—and still live in the rainy Northwest—I think I have a few guesses as to why she did that. Don’t forget to serve these ribs with some of my Southern Potato Salad, and it’s just like the cookout, minus worrying about the weather.

Okra and Tomatoes

Okra and tomatoes go together like ham hocks and greens—they grow right alongside each other in the South, coming ripe in the same season, and pair up on the plate perfectly.

Soul Food Macaroni and Cheese

Asking me to choose a favorite macaroni and cheese recipe is like asking me to choose between Morris Chestnut and Idris Elba. I want it all! But when I had to pick one that deserved a spot in the book, I knew this was it. It’s a special one, the one I make for holidays, in part because it uses six kinds of cheese.

Gumbo

Gumbo is something of a sacred tradition among Louisiana folk—it’s basically just a big ol’ pot of seafood. Just don’t try to call it a stew—you’ll make the Creole people in my family real mad.

Church Lady Lemon Coconut Pound Cake

My aunt Nisha is like my second mom, and some Sundays she would bring me to her church. After service, they would have a dinner, and the desserts they served were all I could think about. This recipe is my homage to the masterful women behind the dessert table at my aunt Nisha’s church.

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Sasquatch Books
Publication date ‏ : ‎ October 27, 2020
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Print length ‏ : ‎ 256 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1632173093
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1632173096
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.66 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 8.05 x 0.65 x 8.98 inches
Best Sellers Rank: #63,724 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #24 in Soul Food Cooking, Food & Wine #57 in Southern U.S. Cooking, Food & Wine
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