Dishes and Beverages of the Old South

Martha Mcculloch-Williams

• Publisher: University of Tennessee Press
• Year: 2026
• Edition: 3
• eBook ISBN:
  9798895272411
• Topic: Art
• Subtopic: Gender Studies

Until its reissue in 1988 with the help of renowned southern culture scholar John Egerton, Dishes and Beverages of the Old South lingered as a rare text on southern foodways. Now, in its third edition, and with a new foreword by Sheri Castle, this pathfinding cookbook—one of the first to be written in a narrative style—is available to a new generation of southern foodies and amateur chefs. McCulloch-Williams not only provides recipes for the modern cook, but she expounds upon the importance of quality ingredients, muses on memories brought back by a good meal, and deftly recognizes that comfort goes hand in hand with southern eats. Castle navigates the third edition of Dishes and Beverages of the Old South with a clear vision of McCulloch-Williams and her southern opus, and readers and cooks alike will be invigorated by the republication of this classic work.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Halftitle Page
• Frontmatter
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Contents
• Foreword
• Introduction
• Grace before Meat
• The Staff of Life
• Saving Your Bacon
• Hams and Other Hams
• For Thirsty Souls
• Paste, Pies, Puddings
• Creole Cookery
• Cakes, Great and Small
• Meat, Poultry, Game, Eggs
• Soups, Salads, Relishes
• Vegetable, Fruit Desserts, Sandwiches
• Pickles, Preserves, Coffee, Tea, Chocolate
• When the Orchards “Hit”
• Upon Occasions
• Soap and Candles
• Index