The Place Setting: Timeless Tastes of the Mountain South, from Bright Hope to Frog Level: Second Serving - Hardcover

Sauceman, Fred W

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0865549982 ISBN 13: 9780865549982

Publisher: Mercer University Press, 2007

Synopsis

This book, the second of two volumes, chronicles a highly personal journey, with plenty of loafing stops along the way, through the hills and hollows of Southern Appalachia, in search of the tastes that define and sustain the region's people. Fred Sauceman introduces us to a German war bride pulling hand-made pizzas out of her brick oven, tells the story of a Hollywood-type who felt the call of good cooking and the North Carolina mountains, recounts the lives of three early television cooks, recalls a legendary hot dog vendor who ran for president, and profiles the most colorful and controversial grocer in the history of Southern Appalachia, known for luring customers by pitching chickens off store roofs. This book celebrates generations of people who have had the courage to go their own way, to cling to proven, sometimes even ancient, techniques, to remain loyal to age-old flavors despite the existence of easier, less laborious methods.

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Review

Books like this one always feel like they grew out of the land, like a crop, and who better to travel the mountains of the South than a man whom God named Sauceman. - Pat Conroy

About the Author

Fred W. Sauceman is a native of Greeneville, Tennessee, and teaches courses in the foodways of Appalachia at East Tennessee State University. He is food columnist for the Kingsport Times-News and contributes features on Southern foodways to Blue Ridge Country magazine. A member of the Southern Foodways Alliance, he is a regular commentator on food-related subjects for ""Inside Appalachia,"" produced by West Virginia Public Broadcasting, and is editor of Now & Then: The Appalachian Magazine, published by ETSU.

Edition details

• Publisher: Mercer University Press
• Publication date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0865549982
• ISBN 13: 9780865549982
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 225