Description
The food editor of the Charlotte Observer, Purvis follows a familiar format with 52 recipes, a chatty preface, and conversational notes about every dish. Who could not laugh out loud over [Purvis’s] story of a consumer looking for pecan meats, insistent that just plain old pecans wouldn’t do?–Booklist
SAVOR THE SOUTH–designed to give Dixie’s most time-honored ingredients their due.–Garden & Gun
[Pecans and Buttermilk] are clearly written and easy to follow. . . . Both books offer an enticing mix of recipes.–Baton RougeAdvocate
Make it Southern. [SAVOR THE SOUTH] explores and celebrates Southern ingredients and cooking.–Raleigh News & Observer
Recipes are well-written, easy to follow, and broken into nice, neat chapters. . . . Pack this little book in a box. . . and ship it to your favorite cook. You’ll be a holiday hero.–Austin Chronicle
Versatile, grounded, homey, and elegant when necessary, Southern cooking is always appealing and appropriate. These books will get you started.–Appetite for Books
[A] paean to pecans. . . . yum.–Atlanta Journal-Constitution Best of 2012
A joyful–and very tasty–tribute to the ubiquitous Southern nut.–Star Tribune
A joyful–and very tasty–tribute to the ubiquitous Southern nut.–Grand Forks Herald