Some great recipes and fabulous photographs make this a cook book worth purchasing. I highly recommend it.

These days a cookbook has to bring more to the table than just recipes and Baking in the American South delivers a buffet. Part cookbook, but also a book filled with history, anthropology, and eye-catching photos, this tome collects recipes from a veritable who's who of southern cooks, bakers, and personalities with an introduction to each of them. The asides that provide a historical or geographical perspective were interesting to read and the photos made it a coffee-table-worthy compendium. The chapters included were an Introduction and explanation of pantry basics, "Sizzling Cornbread", "Hot Biscuits", "Quick Loaves, Griddle Cakes, Waffles, and Fritters", "Rolls, Breads, and Yeast-Raised Cakes", "Comfort Puddings", "Pies Plain and Fancy", "Bake Me a Cake", "Cookies and Bars by the Dozen", and "Frostings and Flourishes". I'm sure that some people may wonder why there is a chapter on corn bread alone, but to me that makes it a true southern baking book, because there are many varied kinds of corn bread and you need to do justice to the staple with more than just one recipe buried in a chapter of quick breads, and the same goes for biscuits. Recipes are well organized, clearly blocking prep and cook times, serving size, ingredients, and detailed instructions. Reading through and looking at the pictures accompanying many recipes left my mouth watering and I can't wait to try a number of them and sharing them with friends.
I received advanced access to this book thru NetGalley (for which I want to thank NetGalley and the publisher, Harper Celebrate) for an honest review. The opinion expressed here is my own.

Beautiful photography of an immense array of mouthwatering deliciousness. Combining history of the ingredients, Southern baking techniques with so many recipes. This book should be on the shelf of any serious baker. A whole chapter on various cornbreads and another just on biscuits. But, oh my, the cake and pie recipes are to die for!

Anne Byrn is one of my favorite cookbook author and I love her cookbooks. Of course, this became one of my favorites quickly and this is why.

This book features recipes from the south and every recipe comes with history and tells us how life and history evolve them throughout the years. Stories behind each and every recipes are truly fascinating and worth a read. Not to mention this book brings an outstanding amount of true Southern baked goods that will make you want to start baking from cornbread, biscuits to pies and many more! The only thing I wish this book had was more photographs of the recipes, however, this would've been a ginormous cookbook if it contained more pics since it already is a huge book.

I'm not from Southern area, but I love their foods and the joy they bring. I learned a lot from Baking in the American South and can't recommend enough to anyone who loves baking and would like to bake Southern baked gems!

Great southern cookbook! I love the south! I used to live in NJ and I fell in love with southern food when I met my husband in NC. This cookbook doesn’t only have one recipe for each dish, it has more and also have the stories behind them and notes. You’ll find recipes for cornbread, biscuits, loaves, cakes, rolls, breads, pies, and cookies and more from 14 Southern states—TX, LA, AR, MS, AL, NC, SC, GA, FL, KY, TN, WV, DL, VA. I received a free digital copy of this book from NetGalley in exchange for my honest review #BakingintheAmericanSouth #NetGalley

My mom and I love finding the perfect new cookbook and this was it! As a family from the southern Appalachian mountains this book about recipes and history from the south was perfect for us. I absolutely loved the history in the book. From things I grew up with and love even now, like learning about Minnie Pear and Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs. The wonderful recipes go hand-in-hand with the history and love of the South. The recipes show how life and history shape them and evolve them through the years. The book has 200 recipes and you will want to taste and try all of them. I sure found some new favorites like Peach Pound Cake and Thomasville Cheese Biscuits. You're sure to find your own new family favorites too. A book worth sharing to anyone who loves cooking and history. We are so thankful to have received the ebook ARC and will be rushing to add it to our home library. It makes a great gift too.
Worth a thousand stars to me.

I have loved all the cookbooks by Anne Byrn but now living in the south, I really appreciate this book even more. I love all the recipes and stories with pictures. Highly recommend.

Amazing, this book explores the history behind the beloved baked foods of the south, and purpose of the ingredients. The photos throughout the book are beautiful they bring the past alive and capture the art of southern baking. I love to bake, over the years I have tried many southern favorites. This always left me curious about the reasoning behind some ingredient combinations, methods and measurements. This book has explained in an intriguing way many of those gaps in my baking knowledge. I have been busy testing a few of these and have enjoyed every bite. The information found in these pages will elevate your baking to the next level. This delightful book will be added to my kitchen.

Thank you to NetGalley and Harper Celebrate for the copy of the ARC

Anne Byrn has compiled an outstanding amount of Southern baking staples. There are classics familiar (Hummingbird Cake, Bill Smith’s Atlantic Pie, to name a few), gems from Southern icons (Zora Neale Hurston), and wonderful recipes that I’ve never seen before, too. Clear instructions and beautiful pictures. I can’t wait to purchase a copy for my personal library.

This cookbook is fascinating! The southern recipes are accompanied by the history of the variations. The background and additional information makes it that much more enjoyable to try new recipes. The one downside, albeit a small one in this case, is that not all of the recipes have a photograph. Given all of the extra text, though, it would have been an enormous book with extra photos!

Thank you to #NetGalley and #HarperCelebrate for a free copy of #BakingintheAmericanSouth by Anne Byrn. All opinions are my own.

There were so many good recipes in this book! I really liked that different variants on recipes were provided with background as to why and how they differ. You don't just get biscuits and cornbread and then move on to cakes. It was so interesting seeing the variations based on location and time.

A lovely cookbook that details many Southern recipes. I am from Mississippi and loved the recipes that were shared. The caramel cake looks absolutely divine!

It is evident that the author put lots of time, research and care into this book.

My.stomach is growling! A delicious collection of notable southern cooks and chefs for every kind of baking imagined.
Thank you to the publisher and NetGalley for the ARC.

Who knew there were so many southern cornbread recipes? This was an interesting read not just for the various recipes included. I loved reading the background on the recipes and the people behind them. I had no idea that Cemetery Cookies were a thing. This is an excellent book for those looking for classic southern baking recipes and the stories behind them!

Great recipes from the American South. Everything looks and sounds absolutely delicious. Can't wait to try some recipes.

This book is more than a cookbook. Its history, traditions and all the other complex parts rolled up into a sweet, honey topped cornbread slice, that teaches us food history.
This cookbook was a joy to read and to use the recipes. She tells everything she uses all the way down to the type of pots and pans. It’s good to know because most people don’t know that what you cook in matters just as much in how you cook it.
The recipes for me were easy to follow and I love the story of how they came to be.
Every thing tasted great! I didn’t just feed my body but also my mind and soul.


Everyone needs to try these recipes and taste history

If you think this is only a cookbook you would be wrong. This book is filled with so much history about southern recipes. I learned a lot! While I thought I might just get different kinds of cornbread and amazing biscuits, I was so wrong. There are so many spectacular recipes in this book and I can't wait to bake them. I can't help but think that if it weren't for many of these bakers from the 1800's that we might not even know what some of these delicious items were. A fantastic cook book.

Thanks to NetGalley and the Publisher for the copy of the ARC.

Anne Byrn’s cookbooks are always excellent, but she has outdone herself in Baking in the American South: 200 Recipes and Their Untold Stories (A Definitive Guide to Southern Baking). Not only does she include mouthwatering recipes, but also stories about how the classic baked goods originated. This is one to curl up in the corner to read. It is a fascinating read, and for those not from the south, introduces baked goods that are iconic and have been passed down from generation to generation.

Besides being an excellent cook and recipe developer, Anne Byrne is also an excellent writer. She makes the stories and recipes come alive. Having owned several of her previous cookbooks, I expected this to be a good one, but I am blown away. I want to make almost every recipe in the book.

The recipes are written in the traditional manner with the ingredients listed first, followed by step-by-step instructions. Byrn makes them simple, so that anyone who wants to bake, from beginners to advanced bakers, can easily make these recipes turn out picture perfect and delicious. She has also included beautiful, professional (Rinne Allen) photographs that will make anyone salivate.

My husband is from the south (Kentucky), and his mother was a wonderful country cook; many of the recipes Byrm has included are those that he grew up on, and making them has brought back good memories for him.

All told, this is an excellent baking book that belongs on every cookbook shelf. Highly recommended.

Special thanks to NetGalley for supplying a review copy of this book.

This cookbook is absolutely darling! I love all of the explanations before the main chapters and throughout. I also was not expecting this to have so many savory recipes, so that tickled my fancy! I love good southern food and this really seems to allow me to bring authentic southern food up north. All the recipes seem very approachable, use everyday ingredients, but may require a little bit of knowledge to create. This is by no means a beginners cookbook.

I had no idea the variations of cornbreads or buscuits. I also loved that there was a popover recipe!

The history that has been poured into this book, along side the well researched recipes and beautiful photos really make this cookbook a knockout! I can't wait to dig in more!!

I can not tell you enough how much I love this book!!

Im Australian and my husband is Dutch Irish. He goes on and on about a Pecan Pie that is Oma used to make and in Australian we don't really do dessert pies so I've struggled to either buy one or find a good recipe to make one.
Until now!

Zephyr Writes Pecan Pie made him so happy!!! It's definitely going to be making a regular appearance in our home from now on so thank you for that! The stories are such a beautiful touch that really give this book something special.

I personally loved the Chocolate Chess Pie and Cheesey biscuits. I need this cook book in hard copy so please hurry up and let me know where in Australia I can buy it!