Hope y'all had a wonderful holiday! I sure did. In fact, I'm still on holiday vacation, and am down in my home state of South Carolina visiting family and friends.What? You want more presents? OK.
I am delighted to giveaway a copy of the cookbook Glass Onion Classics: Recipes From a Southern Restaurant to one lucky reader. This new and unused cookbook (I did flip through it, though) comes from Glass Onion, one of my favorite restaurants in Charleston, South Carolina.
Glass Onion's "ridiculously good" banana pudding (it is ridiculous!), grilled pimento cheese sandwich, and deviled eggs is my usual. I just might be eating this very same order right now!Glass Onion serves up non-stuffy, fresh and local, classic Southern food in a casual storefront located on the busy Savannah Highway just a stone's throw from the Charleston peninsula (the touristy part). This means that while Glass Onion is always busy with people in the know (I once giddily dined across from Southern cookbook author Ted Lee), it's not overrun with tourists like made-popular-by-television Hominy Grill and Jestine's Kitchen.
The Glass Onion's cookbook is NOT vegetarian, but any crafty vegetarian can adapt almost any recipe. This 168-page cookbook covers all the Southern basics, like pimento cheese, buttermilk fried chicken, grits, and red velvet cake, with brief stories before each recipe, and a few black and white drawings here and there. Peppered throughout the book are profiles of Southern food farmers and friends, like Allan Benton (Benton's Bacon) and Glenn Roberts (Anson Mills).To enter to win:
Please leave one comment on this blog post telling me the most memorable Southern food you cooked at home, or ate at a restaurant. The contest will end January 3, 2012 at 8pm EST. One winner will be picked randomly. Be sure to check back for an announcement of the winner, so I can get your mailing information. Sorry, but I will only ship to US addresses.
The cookbook and giveaway are provided by me (because I like Glass Onion so much), and all opinions are my own.
23 comments:
I'm from Maine and until recently had little experience of Southern food, home cooked or otherwise. But moving to Philadelphia and making friends with a North Carolina transplant have begun my exposure. Most recent deliciousness: chocolate chess pie that her mom brought to Christmas dinner (I didn't cook it, does it still count?). I compare it in my head to the most wonderful of just-undercooked brownies, in a crust. Yummm...
I guess the most memorable Southern food I cooked at home was the time I made my own fried chicken. It was memorable mostly because of the long lasting spatter burns all over my hands and arms!
1) At home: some years ago my old housemates and I made a giant ass pot of Frogmore Stew (wasn't vegetarian, so I couldn't eat it) for the fourth of July. It was one of those Philly 4th with crazy rain and I just remember everyone partying and carrying on inside all day while the stew was cooking. Good memories.
As for what I can eat-- I make basic, classic, red beans and rice using Camelia brand kidney beans at least once a month. Its one of my favorite things to come home to.
2) favorite thing I've eaten in the South? honestly, just a basic eggplant po-boy from Mahoney's on Magazine Street in New Orleans. Burned the roof of my mouth but loved every bite.
It's cold today in Philly and I'm dreaming about the warm southern sun, though for me that is a different kind of south - Sanibel Island, Florida. Growing up I escaped there with my mom & grandparents every February to dethaw for a long weekend. My mom and I would walk the beach at sunset to get THE BEST Key Lime Pie, conch fritters & a good beach drink (read: frozen with an umbrella) at a local restaurant. We'd walk home under the stars, giggling our way back to the condo. Today I could really go for a taste of conch fritters, bite of Key Lime Pie and a quick giggle with mom up there in heaven!
It was grits at Hungry Mother in Cambridge. Yum!
My first trip to South Carolina several years ago turned into an exploration of standard regional fare. Most memorable were the shrimp and grits, SC style BBQ, and boiled peanuts. Ever since then I ask for only one thing for Christmas each year from friends who live there and come home to visit. More and more boiled peanuts. And then some more.
For Christmas this year we decide to prepare a southern feast. With a smoked pulled pork, pimento cheese, deviled eggs, collard greens, okra and tomato stew and your recipe for mac & cheese. It was definitely memorable!
My most memorable Southern food experience would be the first time I made pimento cheese at home! I always thought I hated it growing up, but now I can't get enough of it! Oh man. Now I want some and I'm stuck at work!
My most memorable Southern food, hands down, has to be shrimp and grits. I've made it at home several times but never had the opportunity to eat it in the south (South Carolina to be specific). I'd love to see Glass Onion's take on it.
The classic fried chicken. I use BS breasts though because it was all we had, but it was SO good! The cast iron skillet is key.
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My experience with Southern food is lacking, but I do love making corn bread in my cast iron skillet. So good!
Of course, it would be the good ol' fried chicken!
I've been making different versions of Pulled Pork for years in a slow cooker I got from my mother. With some homemade barbecue or rub, I prefer my homemade pork to most I've had eating out!
I don't recall the name of the restaurant unfortunately, but had some incredible fried okra many years ago in Georgia. It was so delicious, I started growing okra in my garden every year. Surprisingly it does very well up here in the north if started early. And the plants are really beautiful with gorgeous blossoms. Everyone should grow it!
I'm not so skilled at the Southern cooking so I'd have to say my best experiences come from Souley Vegan in Oakland, CA. Their fried okra is awesome
For my Texan girlfriend, I cook up Hoppin' John for good luck in the New Year. I also make a mean portobella po' boy, if I do say so myself. Gorgeous looking cookbook!
Love making grits at home!! lilsis_75@hotmail.com
My husband loves the Glass Onion! For New Years we usually make Hoppin Johns with produce from our neighbors farm stand. Black Eyed Peas, Greens, Onions, Green Pepper, Okra, and some spicy seasoning. And we make it with Trader Joe's Corn Bread. Yum! Thanks!
I love the deviled eggs at Percy Street BBQ in Philly, and also the Oyster PoBoys I scarfed in New Orleans!
I'm not sure if this counts, but one year on Fat Tuesday, my friend's dad brought back a lot of crawfish from New Orleans (I think) and this long Po'Boy that was amazing!!!!
btw, I found your blog this year and when i saw the name, i thought it was a blog for just mac n cheese, but to my dismay it was just your blog name lol. however, I noticed that you are from the Delaware Valley and it was so surprising b/c I've never read a good food blog (or any really good blogs) about DE! Your blog and affiliate philly bloggers have helped me find some of the most exciting restaurants in the last couple of months! I would like to say thanks! You introduced me to Le Shio (went yesterday, will review with pics), Luckys (I exercise with the manager), and El Rey!
Southern food is yummy. My favorite was a dish of grits I ordered at a small cafe!
i went to a small liberal arts college in the middle of connecticut where we rarely left campus. two days before we were about to graduate we decided to take an adventure. our 8 closest friends from college decided to take a road trip to the smokin bbq cafe for some mind blowing pulled pork and okra stew. mmhmm.
Not sure if this counts, but I had the BEST grits, made with mascarpone cheese in San Mateo at Osteria Coppa. I know it is an Italian restaurant but I still consider grits a southern food :)
Plus, I loveee me some red velvet cake!!
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