Beloved TV chef (ABCâs Emmy Award-winning The Chew and fan favorite on Bravoâs Top Chef), Carla Hall takes us back to her own Nashville roots to offer a fresh, lip-smackinâ look at Americaâs favorite comfort cuisine.
In Carla Hallâs Soul Food, the beloved chef and television celebrity takes us back to her own Nashville roots to offer a fresh, lip-smackinâ look at Americaâs favorite comfort cuisine and traces soul foodâs 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 thatâs 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 Hallâs Soul Food deliver her distinctive Southern flavors using farm-fresh ingredients. The results are light, healthy, seasonal dishes with big, satisfying tastesâthe mouthwatering soul food everyone will want a taste of.
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With Carla Hallâs Soul Food, you can indulge in rich celebration foods, such as deviled eggs, buttermilk biscuits, Carlaâs 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 Hallâs Soul Food is a wonderful blend of the modern and the traditionalâhonoring soul foodâs heritage and personalizing it with Carlaâs signature fresh style. The result is an irresistible and open-hearted collection of recipes and stories that share love and joy, identity, and memory.
Five days a week Carla Hall bursts into your kitchens as the co-host of ABCâs talk show âThe Chew.â Carla has never considered doing anything more than following her heart. From accountant to model to caterer to talk show host, life is a journey, and every wrong turn leads to a right.After graduating college with an Accounting degree Carla moved to Europe to pursue a modeling career which ultimately led her to discovering her true calling as a chef. While Carla didnât start cooking professionally until she was well into her 20âs, her recipes reflect those classic dishes from her childhood growing up in Nashville, TN surrounded by soul food cooked from the heart. Her culinary philosophy is all about keeping it simple and flavorful. (âIf you donât know how to perfectly roast a chicken, thatâs where you need to start in the kitchen.â)Inside and out of the kitchen, Carla believes that you have to, âSay Yes! Adventure follows, then growth.â
Genevieve Ko is a graduate of Yale University. She is a freelance food writer and a consultant to chefs and restaurants. She lives in New York City.