If you’re looking for a good go-to gift for your favorite foodie this holiday season, 225 Dine has compiled a list of seven Southern cookbooks published this year.
“Everyone likes food. Everyone likes pictures of food. Not everyone likes to cook, but anyone can use another coffee table book—right? And it just might inspire them to get into the kitchen,” 225 Dine writes.
One suggestion: New Orleans Cocktails: Over 100 Drinks from the Sultry Streets and Balconies of the Big Easy by Sarah Baird.
“New Orleans Cocktails reads like a crash course on New Orleans drinking, with bartender interviews and more than 100 cocktail recipes in the mix,” 225 Dine says. “Based in the Big Easy, author Sarah Baird has an insider’s take on the city’s bars and booze. Pair this book with a bottle of Louisiana-distilled liquor for a gift that really delivers the holiday spirit.”
Also on the list: The Southern Cast Iron Cookbook by Elena Rosemond-Hoerr. The cookbook is ideal for anyone set on cooking meals in a single pan. Plus, Rosemond-Hoerr teaches you how to care for cast-iron skillets before sharing her best recipes from beignets to bourbon quail.
And for the farmers market frequenter, 225 Dine suggests Southern Girl Meets Vegetarian Boy: Down-Home Classics for Vegetarians and the Meat Eaters Who Love Them by Damaris Phillips, a Kentucky native and Food Network Star.
The book includes countless Southern classics into mouth-watering meatless meals, like buttermilk biscuits and tempeh gravy.
See the full list, which includes cookbooks for the busy bee, the Cajun connoisseur, the meat lover, and the pitmaster. Be sure to sign up for the free 225 Dine e-newsletter to get your fill of local culinary news each week.
