For our first full year cooking alongside you, we really made some waves in the kitchen! From a plantain tarte tatin to pickled potato salad, we found timeless recipes we will be making again and again. Thank you for helping us cook through some of the best cookbooks in the South and for being a part of our TLP Cookbook Club community.
Plantain Tarte Tatin
From Paola Velez’s smash hit release, Bodega Bakes: Recipes for Sweets and Treats Inspired by My Corner Store, this tarte tatin is a resourceful and delicious way to use up plantains that are about to go bad. Read our cookbook review here!
Pineapple Whiskey Lemonade
With only three ingredients, Ed Mitchell’s pineapple whiskey lemonade quenches a hearty summer thirst. The summertime sipper pairs perfectly with any barbecue, brisket, or sides from Mitchell’s release, Ed Mitchell’s Barbeque: Celebrating the Eastern North Carolina Whole Hog Barbeque of My African American Ancestors. For more recipes and our cookbook review, read here.
Pickled Potato Salad
What Can I Bring? : Recipes to Help You Live Your Guest Life by Casey Elsass was an unexpected favorite read of the year, and this pickled potato salad is foolproof. Pickles and pepperoncini as the flavor bombs of your potato salad? Genius.
Rodney Scott’s Smoked Chicken
From Rodney Scott’s debut cookbook, Rodney Scott’s World of BBQ: Every Day Is a Good Day, this smoked chicken recipe is a year-round favorite. Pair with a smothering of Rodney’s Sauce and read about other Rodney Scott recipes here.
Best-Ever Skillet Pizza
Author, Anne Byrn says “This recipe freed me from overpriced, lukewarm pizza delivered to my door.” Find this go-to weeknight recipe and others in our cookbook review of Skillet Love: From Steak to Cake: More Than 150 Recipes in One Cast-Iron Pan.
Salmon Ssam Feast
This Korean-inspired salmon ssam feast from Dale Gray’s South of Somewhere: Recipes and Stories from My Life in South Africa, South Korea & the American South pairs flavorful salmon with a build-your-own-adventure element. And yes, there are ample leftovers.
Pork Burgers with Cabbage Slaw
From That Sounds So Good: 100 Real-Life Recipes for Every Day of the Week by Carla Lalli Music, these burgers feature a creamy, tangy slaw paired with these pork burgers, which are seasoned so they take on a homemade-pork-sausage vibe.
Blueberry-Lemon Ricotta Cake Recipe
From Skillet Love: From Steak to Cake: More Than 150 Recipes in One Cast-Iron Pan, this blueberry-lemon ricotta cake is perfect for blueberry season, but a year-round staple for author, Anne Byrn. While the ricotta was a surprise ingredient, she said, “So many cake recipes include sour cream and cream cheese, so what could go wrong with adding this milky and decadent cheese?”
Summer Soup
When the summer garden is booming, soup doesn’t often come to mind. But this summer soup recipe from Caro Chambers’ What to Cook When You Don’t Feel Like Cooking, does a great job of honoring summer’s bountiful harvest and throwing it all in the pot. Find more recipes and thoughts in our cookbook review here.
Maple Acorn Squash
This is the showstopper for your holiday table. Steven Satterfield brings new life to the classic sweet potato casserole in his book Root to Leaf: A Southern Chef Cooks Through the Seasons, exchanging it for candied squash with woodsy rosemary and toasted pecans.
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