{"product_id":"a-south-you-never-ate-bernard-l-herman-9781469669359","title":"A South You Never Ate: Savoring Flavors and Stories from the Eastern Shore of Virginia","description":"Nestled between the Chesapeake Bay and the Atlantic Ocean, and stretching from Hampton Roads to Assateague Island, Virginia's Eastern Shore is a distinctly southern place with an exceptionally southern taste. In this inviting narrative, Bernard L. Herman welcomes readers into the communities, stories, and flavors that season a land where the distance from tide to tide is often less than five miles. Blending personal observation, history, memories of harvests and feasts, and recipes, Herman tells of life along the Eastern Shore through the eyes of its growers, watermen, oyster and clam farmers, foragers, church cooks, restaurant owners, and everyday residents. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFour centuries of encounter, imagination, and invention continue to shape the foodways of the Eastern Shore of Virginia, melding influences from Indigenous peoples, European migrants, enslaved and free West Africans, and more recent newcomers. Herman reveals how local ingredients and the cooks who have prepared them for the table have developed a distinctly American \u003ci\u003eterroir\u003c\/i\u003e--the flavors of a place experienced through its culinary and storytelling traditions. This \u003ci\u003eterroir\u003c\/i\u003e flourishes even as it confronts challenges from climate change, declining fish populations, and farming monoculture. Herman reveals this resilience through the recipes and celebrations that hold meaning, not just for those who live there but for all those folks who sit at their tables--and other tables near and far. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Bernard L. Herman\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1469669358\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781469669359\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of North Carolina Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/01\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 400\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.20h x 8.00w x 0.70d","brand":"Bernard L. Herman","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43994674331903,"sku":"9781469669359","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_fdda93cd-0a88-4137-a945-bddd1d2a8ae5.jpg?v=1683331530","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/a-south-you-never-ate-bernard-l-herman-9781469669359","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}