Southern Heat by Anthony Lamas and Gwen Pratesi just hit the shelves and it’s a glorious combination of Southern cooking meets Latin flavors.
Not only is this book chock full of great recipes which I will get to in a moment – but it is a great read. Beginning with Lamas’ “Flavors of My Life” to the wonderful introductions to each chapter about food artisans, the book tells the story of Lamas’ path to becoming a chef.
The recipes are varied and full of flavor – Fried Green Tomatoes with Lemon – Habanero Mississippi Comeback Sauce, Pickled Jalapeno Pimento Cheese and Chipotle Potato-Cheddar Bisque are just recipes in the first few pages alone that I want to make.
Thanks to Taunton Press for sharing a delicious recipe with us the Nuevo Latino Shrimp and Grits With Bourbon Red-Eye Gravy pictured below as well as recipe for Vidalia Onion Pudding, which might make a great Thanksgiving day offering — the file for those recipes can be downloaded at this link: Southern Heat.
Every dish in this book is packed with powerful flavor combinations, the photos are amazing and the Chef’s Tips shared with the recipes are helpful. The Nashville-Style Habanero Hot Chicken, Sweet Potato Gnocchi with Brown Butter, Manchego, Pine Nuts, and Lemon and Banana-Rum Pudding with Toasted Coconut have me wanting to abandon that turkey in the fridge and serve up a Southern Latin dinner!
Random Number Generator chose #37 — Kathleen! Congratulations!
GIVEAWAY: I have an additional copy of this book for one of you. Trust me, you want this book in your collection. Leave a comment on this post telling me anything you like for a chance to win. A random winner will be chosen on December 5th. Giveaway is open to US addresses only.
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Happy Thanksgiving Jenny.
That gnocchi looks amazing!
I love Cookbook Junkies and it’s leader! Happy Thanksgiving to all 🙂
Happy Thanksgiving, Jenny!
I love Shrimp and Grits !
Two of my favorite styles of food, southern and Latin…how can it not be a fabulous book. I hope everyone’s Thanksgiving is filled with family, friends and Great Food!
Looking forward to trying some of these recipes…:)
Shrimp an Grits are always good but the Sweet Potato Gnocchi sounds good too!!
My two favorite cuisines in one book, wow. Happy Thanksgiving!
This book looks great”. Have a happy Thanksgiving!
This book sounds amazing!
Thanks for sharing all these wonderful books and recipes with us! May you and your family have a wonderful holiday…
Sounds like a nice combination of flavors. Happy Thanksgiving!
Cookbook looks great! I’d love to try the hot chicken, I’ve tried a few recipes but I must be doing something wrong, crust always gets soggy…
Having moved from San Diego to Norfolk VA, this is right up my alley!
This book sounds interesting.
Thank you for yet another great giveaway.
This cookbook sounds fantastic. I love your reviews, Jenny, and if it weren’t for them, I wouldn’t have half the cookbooks that I do!
Sounds like there are a lot of creative flavor combinations in there!
Thank you…One day I want to learn to make spicy shrimp and grits. Thanks!
I really enjoy your blog you have such nice recipes!
Would love to have this!
Happy Thanksgiving to you & your family!
I appreciate you and Cookbook Junkies.
I’m a cookbook collector myself. I look for one that offers unique recipes and awesome pictures with well written dialogue for making them
I want to add this to my collection, please!
Oh my, shrimp and grits! Yummy! It’s definitely one of my favorite dishes.
Hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving!!
I like cookbooks, but I LOVE free cookbooks!
This looks delish!! Thanks, Jenny!!!
Sounds like a match made it heaven. Would love to own it!
What a lovely looking book
Recipes from this book sound amazing!
Thank you for accepting me into the this group! Looking forward to some great reading!
I will be checking out this book because I need one more cookbook with good stories. They are my favorite (and Latin food trumps all!)
I have a space reserved on my bookshelf for this lovely.
Would love to learn southern cooking 🙂
All the recipes you mentioned sound delicious. Sounds like a book I’d enjoy cooking from .Thanks for the chance.
This looks really great. Thanks for the giveaway.
This book looks amazing!
Looks amazing!!
This looks like a great book 🙂