Savannah Food: A Delicious History

by Arcadia Publishing

Overview

Savannah's remarkable cuisine is a reflection of its unique history. Delicate local ingredients are balanced carefully using time-honored techniques to produce unforgettable dishes. Initially a colonial experiment of sorts, Savannah became not only the first capital of Georgia but also the capital of all Lowcountry cuisine. From the insolvent freed from debtors' prisons to help seek new cash crops for England to the religious refugees from Austria-Germany and the Scottish Highlanders, Savannah's eclectic European influences mix neatly with traditional Gullah techniques, surprising local ingredients and world-class seafood. Follow authors and award-winning Savannah Taste Experience Food Tour operators Stu and Donald Card on their journey to find the roots of Savannah's famed dishes and the current restaurant renaissance.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781625858337
Publisher:	Arcadia Publishing SC
Publication date:	04/10/2017
Series:	American Palate
Pages:	144
Sales rank:	1,097,917
Product dimensions:	5.90(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.50(d)

About the Author

Brothers Stu Card, a partner of a busy law firm, and Donald Card, a broadcast operations specialist for a major news outlet, fell in love with Savannah and its food culture when they came to career crossroads. With the long, rich history, beautiful architecture, amazing people and unique Lowcountry speed of life, it didn't take them long to realize that their future laid in showing off the Hostess City's greatest bites. Out of this passion grew the highly rated, award-winning food tour, Savannah Taste Experience. Stu and Donald's research, operations and developing of historical stories for Savannah Taste Experience has entertained tens of thousands of guests for more than five years. It is this perspective--running deliciously fun food tours in the Historic District--that led the brothers to put some of these fascinating stories on paper. This is Stu and Donald's first published book.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements 5

Introduction 7

1 The Failed Experiment 11

2 Finding the Right Ingredients 27

3 A Seafood Diet 41

4 The Art of Making Bread 63

5 Barbecue and the Soul of Food 75

6 Producing Lowcountry Produce 89

7 Sweet on Honey 101

8 In the Midst of a Food Renaissance 109

Bibliography 113

Index 121

About the Authors 127

Editorial Reviews

Documenting a food scene as rapidly evolving as Savannah's--especially recently--is a challenge. But the new book Savannah Food: A Delicious History, by Stu and Donald Card, does an admirable job of hitting the high spots and trends. Connect Savannah

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