Carla Hall's soul food: everyday and celebration (First edition.)

Beloved TV chef (ABCs Emmy Award-winning The Chew and fan favorite on Bravos Top Chef), Carla Hall takes us back to her own Nashville roots to offer a fresh, lip-smackin look at Americas favorite comfort cuisine.In Carla Halls Soul Food, the beloved chef and television celebrity takes us back to her own Nashville roots to offer a fresh, lip-smackin look at Americas favorite comfort cuisine and traces soul foods history from Africa and the Caribbean to the American South.

Carla shows us that soul food is more than barbecue and mac and cheese.

Traditionally a plant-based cuisine, everyday soul food is full of veggie goodness thats just as delicious as cornbread and fried chicken.From Black-Eyed Pea Salad with Hot Sauce Vinaigrette to Tomato Pie with Garlic Bread Crust, the recipes in Carla Halls Soul Food deliver her distinctive Southern flavors using farm-fresh ingredients.

The results are light, healthy, seasonal dishes with big, satisfying tastesthe mouthwatering soul food everyone will want a taste of.Recipes include:Cracked Shrimp with Comeback SauceGhanaian Peanut Beef Stew with Onions and CeleryCaribbean Smothered Chicken with Coconut, Lime, and ChilesRoasted Cauliflower with Raisins and Lemon-Pepper MilletField Peas with Country HamChunky Tomato Soup with Roasted Okra RoundsSweet Potato Pudding with ClementinesPoured Caramel CakeWith Carla Halls Soul Food, you can indulge in rich celebration foods, such as deviled eggs, buttermilk biscuits, Carlas famous take on Nashville hot fried chicken, and a decadent coconut cream layer cake.Featuring 145 original recipes, 120 color photographs, and a whole lotta love, Carla Halls Soul Food is a wonderful blend of the modern and the traditionalhonoring soul foods heritage and personalizing it with Carlas signature fresh style.

The result is an irresistible and open-hearted collection of recipes and stories that share love and joy, identity, and memory.