The Southerner's handbook : a guide to living the good life / David DiBenedetto and the editors of Garden & gun.
Material type:
TextPublisher: New York, NY : HarperWave, [2013]Edition: First editionDescription: xv, 287 pages : illustrations ; 21 cmContent type: - text
- unmediated
- volume
- 0062242385 (hardback)
- 9780062242389 (hardback)
- Garden & gun.
| Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Adult Book
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Main Library | NonFiction | 975 S727 | Available | 33111007475375 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Whether you live below the Mason Dixon Line or just wish you did, The Southerner's Handbook is your guide to living the good life. Curated by the editors of the award-winning Garden & Gun magazine, this compilation of more than 100 instructional and narrative essays offers a comprehensive tutorial to modern-day life in the South.
From Food and Drink to Sporting & Adventure; Home & Garden to Style, Arts & Culture, you'll discover essential skills and unique insight from some of the South's finest writers, chefs, and craftsmen--including the secret to perfect biscuits, how to wear seersucker, and to the right way to fall off of a horse.
You'll also find: Roy Blount Jr. on telling a great story; Julia Reed on the secrets of throwing a great party; Jonathan Miles on drinking like a Southerner; Jack Hitt on the beauty of cooking a whole hog; John T Edge on why Southern food matters; and much more.
As flavorful, authentic, and irresistible as the land and the people who inspire it, The Southerner's Handbook is the ultimate guide to being a Southerner (no matter where you live).
Includes index.
Food -- Style -- Drink -- Sporting & adventure -- Home & Garden -- Arts & Culture.
From the editors of Garden & Gun, the award-winning magazine known as 'The Soul of the South' comes a guidebook to the mastery of every essential Southern skill and handicraft: from how to shuck an oyster without losing a finger to how to pick the perfect Derby hat, and much more.