If you had to describe this book it would be upscale southern cooking. You will find many of your favorite ingredients like okra and lima beans but they are presented in a more modern upscale way. This is not your grandmother's southern cooking. That is not a bad thing either. There is plenty of room for both. For those of you not all that familiar with southern cooking there is a directory of what you need for a well stocked southern pantry. It can't go wrong when the first ingredient listed is bacon! One of my favorite additions is the knife skills section that actually shows you what a vegetable should look like when a recipe calls for it to be cut a particular way. Whether that is minced, chopped or brunoise (which I didn't know that that was before). For you non-southerners she will tell you how to clean, season and use a good cast iron skillet which is the backbone of a good southern kitchen. The recipes are great for weeknight meals or for a fancy get together with friends. You won't be disappointed.

With charming introductions to each recipe and a wealth of southern staples, this book is a good introduction to this American cuisine. unlike many modern chef cookbooks, this book is oriented towards home cooks. The introductory chapters have additional ideas for entertaining.

This is one heck of a cookbook! I am such a sucker for Southern ANYTHING cookbooks. This one has some traditional and not so traditional acceptions. I really enjoy pimento cheese and the there is a black eyed pea hummus alongside the pimento cheese that I just know I will have to try BOTH.
I don't normally go for alcoholic recipes but the Savannah Peach Sangria and the Grown Up Shirley Temple really have got me ready to try a cocktail SOON!!! The recipe though I am MOST anticipating trying, hoever, is the Tomato Pie. YES!!!! Maybe I'll pair it with Grandmama's West Indies Crab Salad and Saltine's? Who knows which direction this cookbook will take me? Well we can all agree on one thing, it's steering me decided southern!

Thank you to NetGalley and publishers for an ARC of this in exchange for my honest review.

This book is beautiful! The pictures are flawless and the recipes look amazing. I will definitely be trying a few out on my cooking blog.

Holy Moly! When I say these recipes took me back to my childhood in Georgia I am not kidding. Multiple times throughout the book I had to call my mom and granny to talk about all of the recipes I've forgotten. The photos and recipes are the most beautiful versions of all of these classic meals and truly southerner approved. I've already told my husband Southern Grit in hardcover will be a permanent addition to our cookbooks.

5/5 Stars

Thank you to NetGalley and Chronicle Books for providing me with an e-arc of this book in exchange for an honest review.

3.5 rounded down due to lack of nutritional information. Beautifully illustrated and dome nice recipes. We loved the jalapeño margaritas and smashed potatoes. The slap were also delicious

I have lived in the South my entire life and I can tell you that this is a good representation of Southern food! There are quite a few things that make this book stand out. It is full of classics, like pimento cheese, but there are lots of classics with a twist (jalapeno margarita yum!). It is also full of very helpful tips and southern lore that really go above and beyond. This book is as much fun to read as it is to cook from with beautiful photos to boot!

Beautiful cookbook with Alabama based recipes. Great cover and title! Loved looking at the gorgeous pictures!

What did I like? I didn’t really start bookmarking recipes until I hit the pork section and I was completely blown away with the desserts. Key Lime pie looked amazing but the cookies appealed as well. The recipes have a southern flair but it’s a beautiful cookbook.

Would I recommend or buy? I’d love a copy! Ribs, pork butt, Szechuan barbecue sauce, biscuits.... cornbread ... just a ton of amazing looking recipes! Fantastic selection for any upcoming summer events! If you love southern cooking then this is a great cookbook! Five stars!

I received a complimentary copy to read and voluntarily left a review!

I don’t normally do recipe books but I did like this one. A lot of great recipes. Made a few meals from recipes from this book. Thank you. Would recommend this book.

Hot damn! This cookbook is true to its name and packed full of tasty southern staples.

As someone who not too long ago moved to North Carolina and has thoroughly enjoyed the cuisine.

I got to try three of the recipes (OG buttermilk biscuits, cornmeal catfish with green goddess dressing, and baked cheese grits) and all of them felt like they had those authentic southern flavors.

There was a lot of filler at the front of the book laying out kitchen staples, cut sizes, etc... and while some of it is very nice to have, it feels like a lot of extra.

Overall though a sure fire winner

Mouth watering southern comfort. There are beautiful pictures to go along with the recipes. Usually in cookbook I find may 3 or 4 recipes I want to try and think my family will love but this one has more than most that make me want to spend time in my kitchen.

I liked many of the recipes in this book. The photos were gorgeous. And I learned some great tips for more successfully frosting a layer cake.

Unfortunately this wouldn’t be a cookbook I’d purchase for my collection. For one, many of the recipes are too fancy for everyday meals, no matter how much the chef tried to convince me otherwise. But more importantly, it was about tone. In her introduction and many of her recipe intros, the general tone of the chef felt like one of judgment and fake charm and that did not sit well with me at all.

I love cookbooks. I own a lot of them. This one? It’s a must have for anyone that wants to make a real Southern meal. I’m southern and these recipes are the real deal! You will not grow wrong with these recipes for a down home delicious meal. (Oh and there’s desserts too bc it wouldn’t be truly southern without dessert)

This cookbook has a real attitude, is fun and none apologetically classic in its Southern cooking style. I am not too familiar with it, but I can totally see those recipes on proud tables 100 years ago: dirty rice with liver, gumbo and cornmeal catfish.
It starts very nicely with a whole range of cocktails, then goes the traditional salad starter, seafood, poultry.... like in old cookbooks. There is something very comfy and personal about this book. The photos are all in lovely settings and there is great cajun flavours and French traditional cooking touches here and there like in the salt crusted whole fish recipe.
I don't know if there will be much of anything new in there for most people, but it was a very pleasant read.

Excellent cookbook! So many unique and tasty recipes, most of which can be made in under 30
minutes. My personal favorites are Goat Cheese and Asparagus quiche and the Savannah Peach Sangria. Highly recommend adding this to your cookbook, it’ll give you some great recipes to add to your rotation!

You know those sentences you read in cookbooks that you never expected to see in print? One example might be a mention I saw earlier in the week of something like 'fermented beetroot elixir'. I'm used to those weirdly high-falutin' ingredients being mentioned in recipes that are destined for greater kitchens than mine. But this homely cook book, as deluxe, as engaging, as not-for-numpties as it is, had an unexpected sentence of a most different kind.

"Van Morrison never disappoint[s]."

Now I know what you're thinking, (a) Foghorn Morrison, Covidiot Morrison, whatever you want to call him, certainly can and indeed does disappoint, and (b) what the heck has this to do with cuisine? Well, it came from a life-hack kind of section you get before you even don an apron here. This is all about the homely, welcoming, doing-it-like-my-mama lifestyle, y'all, and we have tips for house-keeping, and children-balancing, just as our hostess claims to do, before we get to the food. But with that sinful example of musical taste (sic), I think it safer to actually get to the eats, don't you? That would be, er, page 58 out of 259. Just sayin', y'all.

And the recipes look fine – even if you won't find this report coming off the back of eating any of them. They're not specifically hearty food, not specifically party food – they're the in-between place, where things are cooked with love to bring joy to those you love. Each comes with clear directions, good instructions as to what to build the dish of – and a verbose section of the page discussing the relevance of each plate or glass for the author. And inasmuch as this wants to talk to the world about the specific cuisine of the southern States, it doesn't quite travel – or the ingredients don't. I might have remembered from past queries what collard greens were, but lady peas were new to me, and they're yet one more thing here that us Brits will find themselves unable to replicate.

Other things are novel to me, and may well bear fruit, or may not – a week after I saw evidence a roast chicken must be opened out – not spatch-cocked, but let's say compromised, this trusses it up a good 'un – and then allows for a hair-dryer to crisp the skin up before cooking. Ultimately, this does what it wants to do – running the reader through the gamut of dishes and drinks available, while being a decent host (music choices regardless). It's a good book, finely presented if you like the chatting, with the nicest of photographs (except for one steak I'd sling to the dogs, if I had any). As a ho-hum cook, but with a kick-ass chowder under my belt, I felt this well-made and well-intentioned, but preaching to the converted and not really able to convince the average person unable to buy these un-average ingredients.

Southern Grit is a beautiful cookbook with scrumptious southern recipes. There is a huge variety of recipes organized by ingredient type, not by meal. I especially liked the recipes for cocktails, quiches, and pastries. The recipes seem relatively straightforward and not too complicated. Gorgeous photography accompanies most of the recipes.

Thank you NetGalley and the publisher for providing this ARC.

This is a good one to have on hand when trying new recipes. The recipes Look yummy, but I think the ingredients will be difficult to find depending on where you live. Thank you to NetGalley, Chronicle Books, and author for a gifted copy.