The Carolina Rice Kitchen: The African Connection - Softcover

Karen Hess (author) & John Martin Taylor (foreword By)

 
9781643363400: The Carolina Rice Kitchen: The African Connection
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1643363409 ISBN 13: 9781643363400
Publisher: The University of South Carolina Press, 2022

Synopsis

A pioneering history of the Carolina rice kitchen

The rice kitchen of Carolina was the result of myriad influences―Persian, Arab, French, English, and African―but it was primarily the creation of enslaved African American cooks. And it evolved around the use of Carolina Gold. The ancient way of cooking rice, developed in India and Africa, became the Carolina way. Carolina Gold rice was so esteemed that its very name became a generic term in much of the world for the finest long-grain rice obtainable.

This engaging book is packed with fascinating historical details and speculations, as well as more than three hundred recipes and a facsimile of the Carolina Rice Cook Book from 1901. A new foreword by John Martin Taylor underscores Hess's legacy as a culinary historian and the successful revival of Carolina Gold rice since the book was first published.

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About the Author

Karen Hess (1918-2007) was an accomplished culinary historian and author and editor of numerous books. She was once called "the best American cook in Paris" by Newsweek.

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Publisher
The University of South Carolina Press
Publication date
2022
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1643363409
ISBN 13 
9781643363400
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
2
Number of pages
328