Appalachian Appetite: Recipes from the Heart of America

Appalachian Appetite: Recipes from the Heart of America

by Susi Gott Séguret
Appalachian Appetite: Recipes from the Heart of America

Appalachian Appetite: Recipes from the Heart of America

by Susi Gott Séguret

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Overview

Appalachian Appetite is a groundbreaking, influential cookbook featuring over 100 recipes that represent an innovative take on tradition, with contributions and stories from this mountain region's best chefs, restaurants, and citizens. From Asheville, NC to Nashville, TN; Oxford, MS to Millinocket, ME, when asked which cuisine most typifies America, chefs are bound to tell you it stems from the South, the heartbeat of which is Appalachia.
 
Hailing from the very depths of Appalachia in western North Carolina, author and chef Susi Gott Séguret honed her culinary skills in France earning a diploma in Gastronomy and Taste from the Cordon Bleu and the Université de Reims. This unique combination is highlighted in Appalachian Appetite as (says Fred Sauceman, author of Buttermilk & Bible Burgers) "the loving product of that convergence."
 
Appalachian Appetite is filled with recipes straight from the heart of Appalachia. As Dr. Jean Haskell, co-editor of Encyclopedia of Appalachia says, the book brings together “the region’s music, food, stories, and its great chefs and home cooks.”

Recipes featured include:
● Tennessee Corn & Truffle Flan
● Ramp & Nettle Quiche
● Venison Country-Style Steak
● Cast Iron Trout, Smoked Grits, Farm Egg, & Potlikker Jus
● Bourbon-Marinated Flank Steak with Blueberry Barbecue Sauce
● Southern Sweet Potato Praline Spoonbread
 
An inspired collection from chef Susi Gott Séguret, Appalachian Appetite brings together the beloved recipes of the region for, as proclaims Jess McCuan, former Business Editor for The San Francisco Chronicle and Founding Editor of The Asheville Scene “an authoritative and colorful guide.”

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781578266579
Publisher: Hatherleigh Press
Publication date: 11/29/2016
Pages: 256
Product dimensions: 7.00(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

Susi Gott Séguret hails from the depths of Appalachia in Madison County, North Carolina and honed her culinary skills in France, where she resided for over 20 years, earning a diploma in Gastronomy and Taste from the Cordon Bleu and the Université de Reims. As director of the Seasonal School of Culinary Arts, she is passionate about taste and style, and how they extend from our palate into our daily lives. Editor of a dozen cookbooks, and contributor to several compilations, Susi has written extensively on a variety of culinary ventures for diverse publications.

Read an Excerpt

Foreword to Appalachian Appetite
by Nathalie Dupree, James Beard Award-Winning Cookbook Author, PBS and Food Network Host, Grande Dame of Les Dames d’Escoffier International

It is time. At long last, Appalachian food is emerging vibrantly from a long-time cocoon of stereotypes. With unique culinary roots deeply connected to its geography, agriculture, and traditions, it shows a creativity that ensues from the basic needs of survival combined with the independence and solidness of a mountain people surrounded with peaks and valleys.

I first encountered Susi at the 2010 Finale of the Asheville Wine & Food Festival, where we both sat on the panel of judges that awarded the prize to the most promising chef of the day—Nate Allen—who, incidentally is featured in this book. Since then, our paths have crossed many times, through activities with the International Association of Culinary Professionals and Les Dames d’Escoffier International, as well as for the 2015 opening of her Seasonal School of Culinary Arts.

I have been intrigued by Susi’s passion for bringing people together over food and for singing out about the place that made her what she is. A perpetual dreamer with a solid culinary talent, she is a “connector” with the purpose of bringing her cuisine to the light.

Appalachian Appetite will indeed whet your appetite for the flavor of the mountains you can taste in the recipes found within, and for the cadence of the ballads which lead you into each chapter. Sight and sound and taste mingle on each page with the deep scents of the woods and the texture of ripe fruit which jumps out from the jar.

I am happy to share this tome with its readers, encouraging all to sip and savor its spirit of celebration, and then to lose yourselves in the kitchen and put its principles into practice!

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