Pecans

<p>“Show me a recipe with pecans and I have to try it.” Attributing her own love of this American nut to the state of her birth — Georgia is the nation’s leader in growing pecans — and to the happy fact that her mother “hardly made a cookie candy or pan of Sunday dressing without them” Kathleen Purvis teaches readers how to find store cook and completely enjoy this southern delicacy. Pecans includes fifty-two recipes ranging from traditional to inventive from uniquely southern to distinctly international including Bourbon-Orange Pecans Buttermilk-Pecan Chicken Pecan Pralines and Leche Quemada.<br/>In addition to the recipes Purvis delights readers with the pecan’s culinary history and its intimate connections with southern culture and foodways. Headnotes for the recipes offer humorous personal stories as well as preparation tips such as how to choose accompanying cheeses.</p>