Sean Brock, "South" (with Jose Andres)

Southern food is one of the most beloved and delicious cuisines in America, and who better to give us the key elements of Southern cuisine than Sean Brock, the award-winning chef and Southern-food crusader. In South, Brock shares his recipes for key components of the cuisine, from grits and fried chicken to collard greens and corn bread. Recipes can be mixed and matched to make a meal or eaten on their own. Taken together, they make up the essential elements of Southern cuisine, from fried green tomatoes to smoked baby back ribs and from tomato okra stew to biscuits. This is the book fans of Sean Brock have been waiting for, and it's the book Southern-food lovers the world over will use as their bible.

Brock is in conversation with José Andrés, named one of Time Magazine’s “100 Most Influential People” in both 2012 and 2018, and awarded “Outstanding Chef” and “Humanitarian of the Year” by the James Beard Foundation. Andrés is an internationally-recognized culinary innovator, New York Times bestselling author, educator, humanitarian, and chef/owner of ThinkFoodGroup

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