Gullah Home Cooking the Daufuskie Way: Smokin' Joe Butter Beans, Ol' 'Fuskie Fried Crab Rice, Sticky-Bush Blackberry Dumpling, and Other Sea Island Favorites

This was a cookbook , just received it on fri, have not gotten a chance to browse through it . But it looks very interesting , and I can’t wait to start to read it.

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Since I already taught myself Cajun/Creole/Caribbean cooking 33 years ago, I ordered this book to better prepare for my upcoming trip to the Low Country. Sallie's stories preceding each chapter and many of the recipes really make this a worthwhile purchase and enjoyable reading. I can understand the phonetic dialect phrases, but would have a great deal of trouble understanding the spoken words in their thick Low Country accent.The recipes in this book are strikingly similar to those found in south Louisiana, except that Cajun adds lots of spices and Creole adds wine. As a cookbook for someone just starting to learn how to cook on a budget, I highly recommend this book. Just remember that one can always add pepper but can never take away once too much is added. I really appreciate these recipes being presented in their basic original form. Call it bland, but limited budgets and kids who complain of spicy food tends to keep cooking very simple. Once one starts experimenting and getting fancy, they risk cooking disasters that will never make it to the finest tables in gourmet restaurants. However, I doubt that gourmet chefs eat their own mistakes as I did to teach themselves to never try certain things again. Parts of this book even taught me a few things that I never knew.I also lived off of the crabs and fish that I caught back in 1985 and Sallie goes one step further to describe which fish to find in each season. (And now to give back, crabs come out from the mud anytime the temperature goes above 58 degrees Fahrenheit). Nothing was wasted or thrown away on Daufuskie and I feel the same way in my own cooking. This is true recycling. For organic farming, they used the charcoal ashes instead of pesticides, which is much more natural. It looks like the Gullah people of the Sea Islands were light years ahead of this "modern" world.

I've been visiting the island since the 80's and we just got back from another wonderful trip in July. We miss it so much already so I bought Sallie's book to bring a taste of Daufuskie home. My husband and I can't stop reading it. Beautifully written and we love the photos. Thank you Sallie for sharing your stories and recipes. We hope to one day make Daufuskie our forever home.

Flàvortastic Low. Country. Recipes

The book I purchased was used but it arrived in great shape and was terrific value!

The book arrived in great shape on time. Even signed as an added bonus.

I love food shows and saw Ms Robinson on Andrew Zimmerman and was very interested in her story which is awesome,sad in a way,but a wonderful story. With the food being the other part of the story put the cherry on everything. Me and my wife have tried to cook some of the recipes in the book with mixed success!! But we have tried! Like the ol” fuskie fried crab rice,yellow squash W/bacon,fried ribs and conch soup W/neck bones that one we have to work on.😁 I ordered the book about six months ago and have enjoyed it! I think that everyone who buy it will enjoy it like I have. We are looking forward to trying her other recipes hoping for good outcomes because we are not Ms Robinson!!😅

A lovely story book about life in the Lowcountry of South Carolina, and a very down-home cookbook which one could use very easily every day no matter where you live. I would highly recommend it