Buttermilk & Bible Burgers (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780881464795)

In his latest collection of writings about the foodways of the Appalachian region, Fred W. Sauceman guides readers through country kitchens and church fellowship halls, across pasture fields and into smokehouses, down rows of vegetable gardens at the peak of the season and alongside ponds resonant with the sounds of a summer night. The scenes and subjects are oftentimes uniquely personal, and they combine to tell a love story, a chronicle of one persons affection for a region and its people, its products, and its places. Traversing Appalachia from an Italian kitchen in Pennsylvania to a soda shop in South Carolina, BUTTERMILK AND BIBLE BURGERS is a tribute to people loyal to the land and proud of their culinary heritage. Sauceman describes the common bond of breaking beans, the dignity of the barbecue pit, the nobility of the black-iron skillet, and the transformative power of a glass of Tennessee buttermilk, and shares recipes.

Author: Fred W. Sauceman
ISBN-10: 0881464791
ISBN-13: 9780881464795
Publisher: Mercer University Press
Language: English
Published: 03/31/2014
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.15lbs
Size: 8.90h x 7.20w x 0.60d

Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 02/17/2014