Grain and Fire: A History of Baking in the American South PUB200406 Soul Food Advisor reveals the

Soul Food Advisor reveals the secrets of southern cooking

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Grain and Fire: A History of Baking in the American South PUB200406 Soul Food Advisor reveals theAuthor: Rebecca Sharpless While a luscious layer cake may exemplify the towering glory of southern baking, like everything about the American South, baking is far more complicated than it seems. Rebecca Sharpless here weaves a brilliant chronicle, vast in perspective and entertaining in detail, revealing how three global food traditions Indigenous American, European, and African collided with and merged in the economies, cultures, and foodways of the