Brown Sugar Kitchen: New-Style, Down-Home Recipes from Sweet West Oakland

Description

Acclaimed chef, restaurateur, and podcaster Tanya Holland shares recipes and
stories from her celebrated Bay Area soul-food outpost that put West Oakland
on the culinary map. Much more than a restaurant, Brown Sugar Kitchen was, for
fifteen years, a community gathering spot, a place to fill the belly, and the
beating heart of West Oakland, a storied postindustrial neighborhood across
the bay from San Francisco. Since founding the original location, trailblazer
Tonya Holland went on to open several dining destination hot spots, appear on
Bravo’s Top Chef, helm a show on OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network, host a podcast,
and become a member of the Board of Trustees of the James Beard Foundation. In
Brown Sugar Kitchen, the cookbook, Holland shares 86 recipes for re-creating
the restaurant’s favorites at home, from a thick Shrimp Gumbo to celebrated
Macaroni & Cheese to a show-stopping Caramel Layer Cake with Brown
Butter–Caramel Frosting. Soul-food classics get a modern spin in the case of
B-Side BBQ Braised Smoked Tofu with Roasted Eggplant and a side of Roasted
Green Beans with Sesame-Seed Dressing. Her interpretations also star locally
grown, seasonal produce in crisp, creative salads such as Romaine with Spring
Vegetables & Cucumber-Buttermilk Dressing and Summer Squash Succotash. Rich
visual storytelling reveals the food and the people that made and make West
Oakland what it is today. Straightforward, unfussy but inspired, these are
recipes home cooks will turn to again and again. SOUL FOOD COOKBOOK: Brown
Sugar Kitchen truly captures the sense—and flavor—of a richly textured and
delicious place. With 86 mouthwatering recipes, there’s something for everyone
in this beautifully crafted celebration of soul food. BELOVED AND CELEBRATED:
Chef Alice Waters proclaims this book, with “robust, soulful recipes using
seasonal and local ingredients” to be “a wonderful reflection of the spirit
[Holland] has fostered at Brown Sugar Kitchen.” A foreword by Pulitzer Prize-
winning author Michael Chabon puts a literary local spin on the unique
delights of Holland’s offerings. OUTSTANDING GIFT FOR FOOD LOVERS: For anyone
who loves to cook, loves to eat, or loves to celebrate the joys of authentic
soul food, this is a gift to treasure. Perfect for birthday, housewarming,
host/hostess, or holiday giving. Perfect for: Home cooks, cookbook collectors,
and soul food aficionados Fans of Tonya Holland Devotees of the San Francisco
Bay Area food scene Shelve alongside Kardea Brown’s The Way Home, Sweet Home
Café Cookbook, The Twisted Soul Cookbook, and Black Girl Baking Read more

Features:

Product Details:

• Publisher ‏ : ‎ Chronicle Books; 1st edition (September 9, 2014)
• Language ‏ : ‎ English
• Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 224 pages
• ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 2
• ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 42
• Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.87 pounds
• Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7.5 x 0.88 x 10.25 inches
• Best Sellers Rank: #104,822 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #76 in Soul Food Cooking, Food & Wine #173 in Southern U.S. Cooking, Food & Wine #694 in Celebrity & TV Show Cookbooks
• #76 in Soul Food Cooking, Food & Wine