Cookbook Giveaway - Deep Run Roots

February 11, 2017·Jenny

The South has a new Queen of cooking and her name is Vivian Howard. Vivian's eagerly anticipated debut cookbook, Deep Run Roots: Stories and Recipes from My Corner of the South is a celebration of Southern cuisine. Recently, the title was nominated in four different categories for an IACP award.

For more information on this title, please see our review and recipe post which shares a recipe for Warm Banana Pudding.

We are pleased to offer three copies of Deep Run Roots to our EYB Members in the US. One of the entry options is to answer the following question in the comments section of this blog post:

What food defines Southern cuisine for you?

Please note that you must be logged into the Rafflecopter contest before posting or your entry won't be counted. If you are not already a Member, you can join at no cost. The contest ends at midnight on March 15, 2017.

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116 comments

traculartFebruary 11, 2017

For me it's all about the grits, cheese grits, shrimp and grits, Cornbread, Biscuits, Fried Chicken and Sweet Iced Tea. All my favorite dishes made by my Nana from Geogia!

ellabeeFebruary 11, 2017

To answer the question in the post -- spoonbread. And long-cooked green beans. And greens and cornbread. And Brunswick stew. I'll stop here.

prvrbs31galFebruary 11, 2017

rice pudding!

cora429February 11, 2017

The recipe I want to try most is the butter-baked turkey w/pecan cranberry relish & warm sorghum vinaigrette, but there are so many I want to make. This book WILL be added to my collection sooner or later.

jezpurrFebruary 11, 2017

I always think of shortcake and fried foods!!!^_^

mpdeb98February 11, 2017

Biscuits and gravy

MariarosaFebruary 11, 2017

I love the pulled pork, hush puppies and sweet tea I had in North Carolina!

ellabeeFebruary 11, 2017

The turnip greens with ricotta-cornmeal dumplings and tomato jam.

joanhuguetFebruary 11, 2017

BIscuits and gravy!

DJBWAFebruary 11, 2017

Biscuits....right out of the oven....yum!

sgumpFebruary 11, 2017

Spoon bread . . . beaten biscuits and country ham . . . slow-cooked greens (served with apple-cider vinegar) . . . "chicken-fried" anything (well, and fried chicken, too, of course!) . . . pecan pie . . . and oh-so-many other lovely things! (Yes, I realize the prompt says "food," not "foods," but who can stop at just one?)

susankayFebruary 11, 2017

I think this banana pudding looks really good. I'd probably make it first, after checking out the index.

DKennedyFebruary 11, 2017

So many recipes appeal to me - I'd probably start with the cheese balls. I am ordering a copy of her DVDs off amazon.

debbielovesbooksFebruary 11, 2017

So many, but if picking just one...biscuits!

tangaloorFebruary 11, 2017

Banana pudding with nilla wafers, ever since I fell in love with it at the magnolia bakery many years ago.

imjammin2February 11, 2017

Not sure it's considered "cuisine" but my mama was from Texas and first thing I think of is always beans & cornbread!

AnneOtherFebruary 11, 2017

I'm a bread lover, and the Sweet Potato Onion Bread is calling my name!

lgroomFebruary 11, 2017

I think of greens when I think southern cooking.

infotropFebruary 12, 2017

Hmmm... I vote for fried catfish.

christineleongFebruary 12, 2017

I need to learn to make cornbread and biscuits.

SuzwFebruary 12, 2017

Grits, of course. Or biscuits and gravy.

ravensfanFebruary 12, 2017

Foolproof grits

SiegalFebruary 13, 2017

I love rice pudding

ccavFebruary 12, 2017

Grits with pimento cheese!

bchingFebruary 13, 2017

Grits are southern food to me. Shrimp and grits is my favorite way to eat them.

centraljerseyFebruary 12, 2017

This sounds intriguing: Pork shoulder steaks in red curry-braised watermelon

hillsboroksFebruary 11, 2017

I always associate sweet potatoes with Southern cooking.

stockholm28February 12, 2017

Really great fried chicken and cornbread with no sugar.

RickPearson54February 12, 2017

biscuits and gravy

davisesq212February 13, 2017

The Blueberry BBQ Chicken looks incredible as does the sweet tea!

jenmacgregor18February 13, 2017

The use of all sorts of fresh veggies.. Ms. Howard's corn stock looks interesting and the pork chop with pickled peanut salad, too.

lebarron2001February 13, 2017

Sweet Potato Onion Bread

niniacedoFebruary 12, 2017

A slow cooked barbecue!

cezovskiFebruary 13, 2017

The Spoonbread with Sausage Ragout looks the best to me!
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rchesserFebruary 12, 2017

The foolproof grits

milgwimperFebruary 12, 2017

Blueberry BBQ sauce, I think that was it...

bstewartFebruary 13, 2017

The pecan, pepper jelly, and stinky cheese panini sounds amazing!

MeganGarciaFebruary 13, 2017

Grits, fried chicken, collard greens, baked mac n cheese, potato salad...just some of the iconic foods that remind me of my grandmother from Alabama.

veroreneeFebruary 14, 2017

grits sounds delish.

chainicinFebruary 14, 2017

biscuits and gravy!

TarquinflimbimFebruary 15, 2017

Pork shoulder steaks in red curry-braised watermelon has to be tried!

sarahawkerFebruary 15, 2017

Biscuits and Shrimp and Grits.

Aggie92February 15, 2017

I am intrigued by the Shrimp and Grits with Gumbo Sauce. Two of my all-time favorite things!

SKrondak1234February 13, 2017

Collard greens are southern to me. Love them!

anniemacFebruary 14, 2017

Cornbread. While I understand there is a Northern variety (!), cornbread has been a staple all my life. Both my West Virginia and my Florida grandfathers ate it crumbled into buttermilk, and my mother served it to me doused in molasses. It's still a go-to breakfast!

matagFebruary 14, 2017

Grits

gjelizabethFebruary 13, 2017

it's cold and wet now so the Warm Banana Pudding is tempting.

ebsFebruary 13, 2017

I grew up in North Carolina and what defines southern food for me is memories of the Sunday dinners we had at my grandmother and great aunt's house, including fried chicken, pole beans, white rice with gravy, biscuits - the pole beans were the best - cooked for a very long time and very tender.

lhudsonFebruary 15, 2017

Fried cat fish and hush puppies that my Gandmother would make.

willowglenFebruary 18, 2017

Biscuits and cornbread, but these are evearywhere. I love spoonbread; first and only time was in Virginia.

daniellespinato1February 15, 2017

Warm banana pudding sounds delish!

dbielickFebruary 16, 2017

Biscuits

hippiechick1955February 18, 2017

Ricotta cornmeal dumplings with tomato jam *lick

ninaarahgnisFebruary 15, 2017

Grits and cheese!

t.tFebruary 17, 2017

cornbread

TrishaCPFebruary 16, 2017

Grits!

rashayeFebruary 18, 2017

This is a great book and I love her grits recipe!

bamatoFebruary 15, 2017

cornbread!

Sandy.ToesFebruary 22, 2017

Southern food to me means grits. And biscuits. Those are the absolute bare minimum requirement to be "southern". Everything else is frosting.

scarletmacawFebruary 23, 2017

I would like to try the turnip greens with ricotta-cornmeal dumplings and tomato jam - only I would like it to be vegetarian.

mattyjacoFebruary 22, 2017

I am really excited about all the grits recipes.

kkhammer123February 20, 2017

Party Magnet .... My friend made it and she said it's a great recipe.

RSWFebruary 21, 2017

grits. and fried chicken

pwykoffFebruary 22, 2017

Grit recipes!

peglynnFebruary 23, 2017

Apple Pie Moonshine!

UhmandanicoleFebruary 21, 2017

I think hush puppies or cornbread, definitely fried chicken! Those define southern food for me

StephahermanFebruary 22, 2017

I've gotta try the chicken and rice!

kk_hermannFebruary 20, 2017

Biscuits and gravy

AshbykingFebruary 23, 2017

When I think of southern cooking I think of grits!

TeruskaFebruary 24, 2017

I think greens and dirty rice.

Dmartin997February 24, 2017

Grits, cornbread, and banana pudding

SfgordonFebruary 23, 2017

Fried chicken is what I think of as an iconic southern food, although so many other cultures have their own versions of this dish. I'm from Texas and I will always love my great-grandma's version the best. As for vegetables, I always think of okra as being particularly southern. And for desserts I always think of pralines.

tarae1204February 24, 2017

Shrimp and grits, mint juleps..

monique.potelFebruary 26, 2017

hello i do have an address in the united stated and my favorite southern food is fried green tomatoes

kbennallMarch 2, 2017

I can't say I know Southern cuisine particularly well, but it'd have to be cornbread.

AnnaZedFebruary 26, 2017

I would like to make Lillie's fried cornbread (page 30)
from Deep Run Roots: Stories and Recipes from My Corner of the South by Vivian Howard

hirsheysFebruary 24, 2017

Pimento cheese. My absolute favorite.

TraceyGFebruary 26, 2017

I really want to try any of her beet recipes. It is my favorite, albiet, under rated veggie at the market.

TeawenchFebruary 28, 2017

Twin muffins look pretty good

hrhacissejMarch 2, 2017

Pimento cheese

jim.windleMarch 4, 2017

Ingredients not from the grocery store. Growing up every, even in town, had a little garden patch. Blackberries from the edge of the woods in the backyard were made into cobblers, and rabbits trapped in the woods were fried up southern style.

agale723March 3, 2017

Grits!

cocecitycookMarch 3, 2017

Grits and Greens

BrancicaMarch 4, 2017

It's shrimp & grits for me

MaefleurMarch 4, 2017

Biscuits and gravy!

roxletMarch 4, 2017

The hush puppies!

KatklingerMarch 7, 2017

Southern cooking = comfort food, grits, seafood, and family time.

GrywhpMarch 4, 2017

Okra and cornbread

MauMauMarch 3, 2017

For me it's cornbread. Not the sweetened ones either.

OldhoosierMarch 5, 2017

Like the idea of sausage ragout

NancithMarch 4, 2017

Grits & greens speak to me of the South.

choppergirlMarch 4, 2017

Grits and cornbread

ToPieForMarch 4, 2017

I suppose the 1st thing that comes to mind is grits, fried chicken and biscuits.

nadiam1000March 5, 2017

Grits, greens and cornbread

p2rex2March 4, 2017

Cornbread

jahqdruhMarch 6, 2017

Fried chicken and cornbread.

BookGalMarch 7, 2017

To me, Southern cooking is corn, in all its wonderful flavor and forms.

CCF4March 7, 2017

Congrats on sweeping the IACP Cookbook awards on Sunday! Look forward to getting this book.

articsharkMarch 7, 2017

Southern Cuisine is seasonal and makes use of all the bounty given to us from the Earth. And it's frickin' delicious.

PennyGMarch 7, 2017

I always think of cornbread and grits as deeply Southern.

RaceyRMarch 8, 2017

I think of Sweet Tea, Grits, Crowder Peas, Lima Beans, Greens, Hush Puppies, Peanut Brittle and Boiled Peanuts.

earthnfireMarch 4, 2017

Grits, greens, and gumbo

jenefergMarch 8, 2017

I would like to try warm banana pudding for my daughter. She loves bananas and is getting interested in cooking. Sounds like a good start.

pandasaurusrexMarch 8, 2017

I'd love to try the Pork Shoulder Steaks in Red Curry–Braised Watermelon because it sounds so intriguing and unique! The Cornbread Coffee Cake with Fresh Figs and Walnut Streusel also sounds right up my alley.

Krisn8March 8, 2017

Shrimp and grits and greens are what I think of when I think southern food! I've borrowed this book from the library and made the spoonbread. Sooo good.

skyblueskyMarch 8, 2017

Fried chicken and oyster dressing are what come to mind for me!

LeahspitzerMarch 8, 2017

I think of shrimp and grits

lmhesterMarch 15, 2017

Seasonal veggies defined our Southern table growing up -- whatever was in season was what we ate . . . and it was always delicious!

Marcia1206March 14, 2017

I love fried chicken and cornbread

LadyberdMarch 13, 2017

Shrimp and grits - which I've never made but would love to try cooking at home.

annmartinaMarch 13, 2017

Caramel cake or coconut cake

Karla123March 15, 2017

Hushpuppies

kimtrevMarch 15, 2017

Grits

MmeFleissMarch 9, 2017

Party magnet for sure.

JulieG1002March 15, 2017

Shrimp and grits, fried chicken, and cornbread

jhartleyMarch 3, 2020

Bacon and grits