The Blue Willow Inn Cookbook

by Michael Stern, Jane Stern

Overview

Voted best small town restaurant for five years in a row by Southern Living magazine, The Blue Willow Inn Cookbook offers delicious Southern recipes, vintage pictures from the early days of Social Circle, Georgia and fascinating anecdotes about the restaurant.

Billie and Louis Van Dyke say that no one is allowed to leave hungry, and certainly no one should after feasting on a variety of Southern dishes and famous drinks such as lemonade and tea, also known as the "Champagne of the South". Housed in a gloriously restored southern mansion, The Blue Willow Inn is home to Southern hospitality and charm at its best.

In The Blue Willow Inn Cookbook, Billie and Louis share delicious recipes such as:

• Fresh Greens and Peas
• Southern Fried Chicken
• Sweet Potato Pie
• Cast-Iron Corn Bread
• Fried Green Tomatoes
• Southern Style Sweet Tea

The greatest restaurants in America are its wonderful independent regional restaurants, and there are no greater experts on America's regional restaurants than Michael and Jane Stern.

The brief stories connect the recipes to The Blue Willow Inn in a charming way and the recipes will make your mouth water. The Blue Willow Inn Cookbook is the perfect guide for creating traditional, Southern style dishes for family and friends.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781401605049
Publisher:	Harper Celebrate
Publication date:	07/16/2013
Edition description:	Reprint
Pages:	224
Product dimensions:	7.30(w) x 9.10(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

Michael Stern was raised at a Heartland table of square meals. The Sterns’ monthly “Roadfood” column in Gourmet magazine has earned them three James Beard Awards for journalism. They are heard weekly on Public Radio's The Splendid Table.

Jane Stern was raised in New York City and southern Arizona, learning to love both hot pastrami sandwiches and bordertown chimichangas. She met Michael Stern when they were graduate students at Yale University, at which point the couple set out on a lifelong quest to find the best American food and to write about it.

Table of Contents

Foreword ix

Introduction xi

Drinks and Breads 1

Sandwich and Salad 23

Appetizers 45

Side Dishes 77

Main Courses 111

Desserts 139

Acknowledgments 199

Index 201