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House of smoke : a southerner goes searching for home / John T Edge.

Van Pelt Library TX649.E35 A3 2025
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Edge, John T., author.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Food writers--United States--Biography.
Food writers.
Edge, John T.
Southern States--Civilization.
Southern States.
Genre:
Autobiographies.
Physical Description:
255 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Edition:
First edition.
Place of Publication:
New York : Crown, [2025]
Summary:
"The James Beard Award-winning author of The Potlikker Papers tells the story of how food and restaurants helped him heal from the racism ingrained in his Southern roots-and give him hope for the possibility of reckoning with our nation's painful history"-- Provided by publisher.
Contents:
Prologue: Running
Kudzu and lies
The siege
Animal house
City on a hill
Oxford education
Scotch house
Reckoning
Two weeks
Reconstruction
Home for good
Passages
Blair's catfish stew
Bookshelf
Thanks.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references.
Other Format:
Online version : Edge, John T. House of Smoke
ISBN:
9780593241028
0593241029
OCLC:
1498818889
Publisher Number:
90102617905

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