Eat Drink Delta
Subtitle: A Hungry Traveler's Journey through the Soul of the South
By: Susan Puckett ; Photographs by Langdon Clay
Contributors: Clay, Langdon, 1949-
Edition: 1st [edition].
Publisher: University of Georgia Press
Published: 2013
Language: eng
Number of pages: 296
ISBN-13: 9780820344256
Subjects: Guidebooks; Louisiana style; COOKING / History; TRAVEL / United States / South / East South Central (AL, KY, MS, TN); Southern style; American Cooking; COOKING / Regional & Ethnic / American / Southern States
Description: "Much like John T. Edge's Southern Belly in conception but with a more focused regional scope, this book gets at the culture and foodways of the Mississippi Delta through lively descriptions of the region's restaurants, following a geographical path chapter by chapter from Memphis to Vicksburg. Introductions to each chapter as well as box features bring out historical and social context, highlighting famous deltans like Mose Allison and Jim Henson as well as interesting regional topics like "the Fighting Okra" or the annual spaghetti gravy cookoff. Puckett has included ca. 65 recipes, each with a connection to one of the restaurants or featured individuals (Memphis Barbecue Pizza, for example. as favored by Elvis.) Photographs by Langdon Clay illuminate diners, restaurant settings, streetscapes, and shots of Delta life"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.