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Fishing for Chickens : A Smokies Food Memoir, Paperback / softback Book

Fishing for Chickens : A Smokies Food Memoir Paperback / softback

Paperback / softback

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Fishing for Chickens is a well-seasoned blend of memoir and cookbook.

It offers the perspective of a Bryson City, North Carolina, native on a particular portion of southern Appalachia—the Smokies.

Casada serves up a detailed description of the folkways of food as they existed in the Smokies over a span of three generations, beginning early in the twentieth century.

Fancy-dancy food magazines and self-ordained cuisine cognoscenti regularly rave about gustatory delights reflecting the Appalachian cooking tradition.

Yet they focus on restaurants in regional cities such as Asheville and Nashville, Chattanooga and Cleveland, or even the bustling metropolis of Atlanta.

Simply put, they are missing the boat, at least in Casada’s eyes.

Peppered with ample anecdotes, personal memories and experiences, the wisdom of wonderful cooks, and recipes reflective of the overall high-country culinary experience, Casada’s book brings these culinary tales to life. Fishing for Chickens includes dishes that Casada has cooked and eaten, recipes handed down through family or close friends, food memories of an intensely personal nature, and an abiding love for a fast-fading way of life.

In addition to twenty-four chapters focusing on such diverse topics as "Yard Bird," Nuts," and "New Year’s Fare," the author includes nearly two hundred family recipes.

With his story, Casada guides readers through a fast-vanishing culinary world that merits not only recollection but preservation.

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