Local Author new Cookbook - October Feature

Since the weather is getting cooler, I thought I would explore and incorporate local authors of the Lowcountry that signified some savory samples for you to try.

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Pat Branning publishes new coffee table cookbook

“The South is a place where tea is sweet and accents are sweeter, macaroni and cheese is a vegetable, front porches are wide and words are long. Pecan pie is a staple. Y’all is the only proper noun. Chicken is fried and biscuits come with gravy. Everything is darlin’ and someone’s heart is always being blessed.”
— “Shrimp, Collards & Grits,”
by Pat Branning
Author and food columnist Pat Branning, who used to live in Salisbury but now lives in Hilton Head, S.C., has released a new book: “Shrimp, Collards & Grits: Recipes, Stories and Art from the Creeks and Gardens of the Lowcountry.” The book release coincides with the Beaufort, S.C. tricentennial year.
Branning published a lowcountry cookbook in 2009, but the recipes, story and art are all new in this one, she notes.
In addition to almost 200 lowcountry recipes, the full- color coffee table cookbook features 150 fine art paintings by such noted Southern artists as Ray Ellis, John Carroll Doyle and Joe Bowler among others.
Branning will be a featured author at this year’s Charleston Food and Wine Festival March 3-6. She will be signing advance copies of her new book there Friday, March 4 and Sunday, March 6.
The book retails for $34.95 and pre-sales are going on now at www.mycarolinacooking.com and www.starbooks.biz.
The book will be available in bookstores in mid-March. The Literary Bookpost can accept pre-orders.
To celebrate Beaufort’s birthday, a limited, signed commemorative edition in a slipcase will be offered for $60.
Nathalie Dupree, author of 10 cookbooks and two-time James Beard Award winner, has said called Branning a “charming storyteller who combines the unmistakable Southern cadence of stories swapped across the dinner table with delicious Southern recipes.”
Branning used to be Women’s Editor for WSB Atlanta and a hostess for South Carolina ETV. She used to host daily broadcasts on food and entertaining, teaming up with great chefs from around the country while developing a passion for anything Southern — particularly cooking.
Today, Branning works as a freelance writer, cookbook author and food editor for the BeaufortTribune.com.
Her website is www.mycarolinacooking.com, a source for recipes, art and stories about the lowcountry.