Our South
Ashleigh Shanti's debut cookbook, Our South, takes readers on a mouthwatering journey through Appalachia and beyond, revealing the depth and diversity of Southern cooking.
Before Ashleigh was competing on Top Chef or being given the James Beard Rising Star Chef of the Year award, she was learning the ins and outs of Black Southern cooking through the lens of her mom and great-aunt and their life in Appalachia.
Shanti knows that the key to understanding how Black influence has defined foodways and cultures in the South is to explore its microregions. In Our South, Ashleigh takes you through the five regions closest to her heart, beginning with a glimpse of mountain life, the coastal Lowcountry, bountiful Midlands, diverse Lowlands and culminates in Homeland, with foods that share what it’s like to cook—and live—as a Black Southern chef now.
- Hardcover
- Published October 15, 2024
- 320 pages
- 8.27 x 10.16 inches
Ashleigh Shanti's debut cookbook, Our South, takes readers on a mouthwatering journey through Appalachia and beyond, revealing the depth and diversity of Southern cooking.
Before Ashleigh was competing on Top Chef or being given the James Beard Rising Star Chef of the Year award, she was learning the ins and outs of Black Southern cooking through the lens of her mom and great-aunt and their life in Appalachia.
Shanti knows that the key to understanding how Black influence has defined foodways and cultures in the South is to explore its microregions. In Our South, Ashleigh takes you through the five regions closest to her heart, beginning with a glimpse of mountain life, the coastal Lowcountry, bountiful Midlands, diverse Lowlands and culminates in Homeland, with foods that share what it’s like to cook—and live—as a Black Southern chef now.
- Hardcover
- Published October 15, 2024
- 320 pages
- 8.27 x 10.16 inches
Ashleigh Shanti's debut cookbook, Our South, takes readers on a mouthwatering journey through Appalachia and beyond, revealing the depth and diversity of Southern cooking.
Before Ashleigh was competing on Top Chef or being given the James Beard Rising Star Chef of the Year award, she was learning the ins and outs of Black Southern cooking through the lens of her mom and great-aunt and their life in Appalachia.
Shanti knows that the key to understanding how Black influence has defined foodways and cultures in the South is to explore its microregions. In Our South, Ashleigh takes you through the five regions closest to her heart, beginning with a glimpse of mountain life, the coastal Lowcountry, bountiful Midlands, diverse Lowlands and culminates in Homeland, with foods that share what it’s like to cook—and live—as a Black Southern chef now.
- Hardcover
- Published October 15, 2024
- 320 pages
- 8.27 x 10.16 inches
Ashleigh Shanti's debut cookbook, Our South, takes readers on a mouthwatering journey through Appalachia and beyond, revealing the depth and diversity of Southern cooking.
Before Ashleigh was competing on Top Chef or being given the James Beard Rising Star Chef of the Year award, she was learning the ins and outs of Black Southern cooking through the lens of her mom and great-aunt and their life in Appalachia.
Shanti knows that the key to understanding how Black influence has defined foodways and cultures in the South is to explore its microregions. In Our South, Ashleigh takes you through the five regions closest to her heart, beginning with a glimpse of mountain life, the coastal Lowcountry, bountiful Midlands, diverse Lowlands and culminates in Homeland, with foods that share what it’s like to cook—and live—as a Black Southern chef now.
- Hardcover
- Published October 15, 2024
- 320 pages
- 8.27 x 10.16 inches