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Cook the Book: Apple Pie

Cook the Book: Apple Pie

We've had these books sitting around the office for some time now, but we were waiting for apple season before featuring John T. Edge's Apple Pie: An American Story as a Cook the Book installment. Apple Pie is one of four books in a series that explores iconic American food (Donuts, Hamburgers & Fries, and Fried Chicken are the others). Apple Pie is both a history, a guide, and a "little black book" that will lead you to the best examples the nation has to offer. Of course, no apple pie book would be complete without recipes, and Edge has plenty—five of which we'll be bringing you over the course of the week. The first one will be along shortly,... More

Cook the Book: 'Southern Belly'

Occasionally what looks at first glance to be a conventional guidebook transcends the genre in surprising ways. John T. Edge's Southern Belly: The Ultimate Food Lover's Companion to the South is just such a read. Yes, you can use it like the discerning guide to eating in the South that it most assuredly is. But Southern Belly is also a book filled with so much heart, soul, and good writing that it demands to be read cover to cover like some John Grisham page-turner. Edge blessedly doesn't shy away from discussions of race and class, and the result is a narrative that's compellingly thoughtful and real. It's not a cookbook per se, but Edge manages to judiciously sprinkle enough recipes... More

The Amateur Gourmet and a Southern Belly

Serious Eats contributing editor Adam "The Amateur Gourmet" Roberts interviews one of our favorite writers and food mavens, John T. Edge, over on Salon.com, in which he did a nice job picking up on the subtleties in Edge's new book, Southern Belly, the Ultimate Food Lover's Companion to the South.... More