John T. Edge

A Gracious Plenty: Recipes and Recollections from the American South is a book by John T. Edge and Ellen Rolfes.

A noted food writer celebrates one of America's quintessential contributions to world cuisine, tracing the history of fried chicken in all its manifestations across the country, from the Deep South, to a Jersey Shore hotel, to a Kansas City roadhouse, offering fifteen superlative recipes along the way. 35,000 first …

John T. Edge, "the Faulkner of Southern food" (the Miami Herald), reveals a South hidden in plain sight, where restaurants boast family pedigrees and serve supremely local specialties found nowhere else. From backdoor home kitchens to cinder-block cafés, he introduces you to cooks who have been standing tall by the …

The author of Fried Chicken and Apple Pie continues his celebration of American cuisine with a history of backyard barbecues, fast-food restaurants, and gourmet burgers, in a volume complemented by fifteen recipes. 12,500 first printing.

Tracing the history and lore of one of America's favorite desserts, the popular food writer follows the development of apple pie, from its English origins to its present-day variations across the country, journeying from Disney World, to the White House, to a Massachusetts Shaker community, to farmstands in Washington …

“The one food book you must read this year."—Southern Living One of Christopher Kimball’s Six Favorite Books About FoodA people’s history that reveals how Southerners shaped American culinary identity and how race relations impacted Southern food culture over six revolutionary decades Like great provincial dishes …