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Eat Drink Delta [electronic resource] : A Hungry Traveler's Journey through the Soul of the South / Susan Puckett ; photographs by Langdon Clay.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Athens : University of Georgia Press, [2013] 2015)Edition: 1st [edition]Description: 1 online resource (xvi, 294 pages :) color illustrationsISBN:
  • 9780820344935
  • 0820344931
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 641.5975 23
LOC classification:
  • TX715.2.L68 P83 2013
Online resources: Summary: "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"-- Provided by publisher.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 281-284) and index.

"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"-- Provided by publisher.

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