While Nashville’s Home Ec pros hold their own with casseroles, the canon of one-pan wonders is 1965’s Favorite Recipes of Home Economics Teachers: Casseroles, Including Breads. Ryman’s famous barreled pickles was still deemed important enough to be included. In the late ‘70s when the book was published, it was shuttered, but the story of Mrs. The book’s descriptions of local landmarks could also easily be used for a retro driving tour, starting with the Ryman. Not sold? Try the recipes on for size: jellied chicken gumbo, sauerkraut surprise cake, “hot cheese dreams,” fish fillets elegante, and, the pièce de résistance: cheddar-cheese fudge. “Heart attack on a plate.” “ How many cups of sugar!?!!” The Amazon reviews say it all, as does this fact: the majority of purchasers are on their second copy because they’ve worn the first one out. Nashville Cookbook: Specialties of the Cumberland Region by the Nashville Area Home Economics Association (1978) Sure, they’re full of aspic, sugary punch, and things mixed with so much mayonnaise that arteries will clog just reading it, but that's also why they’re awesome. Their batting average on deliciousness is near-perfect.Īll of these cookbooks are time capsules, and as such, would make fine teaching tools for kids who’ve only seen the ’70s and ’80s in movies. Will 99 percent of their recipes shave two years off one’s life? Probably, but that’s okay. “Home Economics Association” and “Junior League” are at the top of the list. When hunting for classic Southern cookbooks, there are a few words to look out for. ![]() See the original book at HathiTrust and use this link for a text-friendly version to cook from. Her book catalogs dozens of desserts, like puff pastry, rose cake, and sweet potato baked pudding, as well as savory recipes like catfish fricassee and sweet-onion custard. Noddie of Virginia,” Russell ran a pastry shop here in Tennessee, so we claim her. Although it was published in Michigan and the author was part of “one of the first families set free by Mr. Rediscovered in 2000, this cookbook is one of the oldest written by an African-American woman. Historical A Domestic Cook Book: Containing a Careful Selection of Useful Recipes for the Kitchen by Malinda Russell (1866) David Betts/Metropolitan Photography via NPR Here is a collection of 20-plus Nashville cookbooks that offer physical and spiritual nourishment during social distancing. The food is comforting, of course, but even the act of looking through a cookbook and talking about what to make can be therapeutic and entertaining. Those cookbooks can be lifesavers, particularly in times like these. In true ride-or-die cases, find a poor soul carrying around loose pages of their beloved book in a Ziploc bag, long after its spiral spine has given up the ghost. The pages are dog-eared, splatter-spotted and covered with handwritten notes detailing what degree one really must set the oven to so the biscuits rise. ![]() Every Southerner has a cookbook so important it will be itemized in their will.
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