Carla Hall's Soul Food: Everyday and Celebration by Carla Hall

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  • Olive oil deviled eggs (page 15)

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  • Shortcut deviled eggs with bread & butter pickles (page 16)

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  • Deviled egg salad sandwiches (page 19)

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    • Categories: Egg dishes; Sandwiches & burgers; Appetizers / starters; Breakfast / brunch; Entertaining & parties; Spring; African American; American South; Vegetarian
    • Ingredients: eggs; mayonnaise; sour cream; ground cayenne pepper; dill; active dry yeast; all-purpose flour; vegetable shortening; butter; buttermilk
    • Accompaniments: Chopped salad with buttermilk dressing; Dilled cucumber and celery salad; Salmon patties
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  • Black-eyed pea hummus with crudités (page 20)

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  • Baked blooming onion with Gruyère (page 23)

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    • Categories: Dips, spreads & salsas; Appetizers / starters; Entertaining & parties; American South; French; African American; Vegetarian
    • Ingredients: onions; dry white wine; rosemary; Gruyère cheese
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  • Grilled celery with pecans and cheddar spread (page 24)

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    • Categories: Dips, spreads & salsas; Grills & BBQ; Appetizers / starters; Entertaining & parties; African American; American South; Vegetarian
    • Ingredients: cream cheese; mayonnaise; ground cayenne pepper; sharp cheddar cheese; celery; pecans
    • Accompaniments: Harissa spiced nuts
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  • Harissa spiced nuts (page 26)

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    • Categories: Appetizers / starters; Snacks; Entertaining & parties; African American; American South; Vegetarian
    • Ingredients: egg whites; raw walnuts; almonds; pecans; cumin seeds; coriander seeds; caraway seeds; dried red pepper flakes; smoked paprika; garlic powder
    • Accompaniments: Grilled celery with pecans and cheddar spread
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  • Salt and pepper butter crackers (page 27)

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    • Categories: Cookies, biscuits & crackers; Entertaining & parties; Thanksgiving; African American; American South; Vegetarian
    • Ingredients: all-purpose flour; whole wheat pastry flour; butter; kosher salt; black peppercorns
    • Accompaniments: Biscuit crackers; Pimento cheese
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  • Biscuit crackers (page 28)

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    • Categories: Cookies, biscuits & crackers; Entertaining & parties; Thanksgiving; African American; American South; Vegetarian
    • Ingredients: ground cayenne pepper; butter; all-purpose flour; vegetable shortening; buttermilk
    • Accompaniments: Salt and pepper butter crackers; Pimento cheese
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  • Pimento cheese (page 30)

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    • Categories: Dips, spreads & salsas; Quick / easy; Entertaining & parties; Thanksgiving; African American; American South; Vegetarian
    • Ingredients: roasted red peppers; cream cheese; mayonnaise; ground cayenne pepper; sharp cheddar cheese; Monterey Jack cheese
    • Accompaniments: Salt and pepper butter crackers; Biscuit crackers
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  • Mixed bitter greens with smoked trout pot likker (page 34)

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  • Creamed kale (page 37)

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  • Caramelized leek and mustard green soup with chow chow (page 40)

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  • Coconut callaloo soup (page 43)

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    • Categories: Soups; American South; African American; Vegetarian
    • Ingredients: coconut oil; green peppers; onions; garlic; thyme; habanero chiles; okra; vegetable broth; coconut milk; potatoes; bay leaves; spinach
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  • Chopped salad with buttermilk dressing (page 44)

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  • Seared okra (page 48)

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  • Grilled okra with spiced sprinkle (page 51)

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  • Chunky tomato soup with roasted okra rounds (page 52)

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    • Categories: Soups; Quick / easy; American South; African American; Vegan; Vegetarian
    • Ingredients: okra; onions; carrots; celery; dried red pepper flakes; canned fire-roasted tomatoes
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  • Cast-iron blackened beans with lemon and chile (page 55)

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    • Categories: Quick / easy; Side dish; American South; African American; Vegan; Vegetarian
    • Ingredients: Romano beans; dried red pepper flakes; lemons
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  • Green bean salad with pickled red onions (page 57)

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    • Categories: Salads; Quick / easy; Side dish; Entertaining & parties; Summer; American South; African American; Vegan; Vegetarian
    • Ingredients: green beans; red onions; chiles; habanero chiles; bay leaves; apple cider vinegar
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  • Tomato, cucumber, and dill salad (page 58)

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  • Peach and tomato salad (page 60)

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  • Tomato pie with garlic bread crust (page 63)

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    • Categories: Pies, tarts & pastries; Main course; Side dish; Entertaining & parties; African American; American South; Vegetarian
    • Ingredients: country bread; tomatoes; garlic; thyme
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  • Panfried corn with tomatoes (page 64)

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    • Categories: Side dish; American South; African American; Vegetarian
    • Ingredients: corn; tomatoes; onions; ground cayenne pepper
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  • Tomato, basil, and mayonnaise sandwiches (page 66)

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    • Categories: Sandwiches & burgers; Main course; Entertaining & parties; Summer; American South; African American; Vegetarian
    • Ingredients: mayonnaise; tomatoes; basil; stone-ground yellow cornmeal; buttermilk; eggs
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  • Kitchn

    Carla Hall gives readers a lesson on the origins of America's favorite comfort cuisine, tracing its culinary heritage from Africa and the Caribbean to the American south.

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  • ISBN 10 0062669834
  • ISBN 13 9780062669834
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  • Published Oct 23 2018
  • Format Hardcover
  • Page Count 320
  • Language English
  • Countries United States
  • Publisher Harper Wave

Publishers Text

Beloved TV chef (ABC’s Emmy Award-winning The Chew and fan favorite on Bravo’s Top Chef), Carla Hall takes us back to her own Nashville roots to offer a fresh, lip-smackin’ look at America’s favorite comfort cuisine.

In Carla Hall’s Soul Food, the beloved chef and television celebrity takes us back to her own Nashville roots to offer a fresh, lip-smackin’ look at America’s favorite comfort cuisine and traces soul food’s history from Africa and the Caribbean to the American South. Carla shows us that soul food is more than barbecue and mac and cheese. Traditionally a plant-based cuisine, everyday soul food is full of veggie goodness that’s just as delicious as cornbread and fried chicken.

From Black-Eyed Pea Salad with Hot Sauce Vinaigrette to Tomato Pie with Garlic Bread Crust, the recipes in Carla Hall’s Soul Food deliver her distinctive Southern flavors using farm-fresh ingredients. The results are light, healthy, seasonal dishes with big, satisfying tastes—the mouthwatering soul food everyone will want a taste of.

Recipes include:

  • Cracked Shrimp with Comeback Sauce
  • Ghanaian Peanut Beef Stew with Onions and Celery
  • Caribbean Smothered Chicken with Coconut, Lime, and Chiles
  • Roasted Cauliflower with Raisins and Lemon-Pepper Millet
  • Field Peas with Country Ham
  • Chunky Tomato Soup with Roasted Okra Rounds
  • Sweet Potato Pudding with Clementines
  • Poured Caramel Cake

With Carla Hall’s Soul Food, you can indulge in rich celebration foods, such as deviled eggs, buttermilk biscuits, Carla’s famous take on Nashville hot fried chicken, and a decadent coconut cream layer cake.

Featuring 145 original recipes, 120 color photographs, and a whole lotta love, Carla Hall’s Soul Food is a wonderful blend of the modern and the traditional—honoring soul food’s heritage and personalizing it with Carla’s signature fresh style. The result is an irresistible and open-hearted collection of recipes and stories that share love and joy, identity, and memory.

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