This cookbook has a lot of recipes I very much want to try, and they seemed very accessible for different levels of experience. As a southern bookstore, our customers will love it.

Baking in the American South by Anne Byrn is a cookbook that I can not wait to have in my cookbook collection. This is so much more than a regular cookbook because it gives the history and story behind the recipes.
The recipes are so varied, yet all connected by the history behind them. The photos of the food are wonderful. When I saw the photos of so many of them, I was so eager to get my ingredients out and make the recipe.
This book is one that will be in many cooks’ collections. This will be a great gift for me to give to all my family and friends who love to cook and enjoy the history behind what they are making.
Thank you NetGalley, Anne Byrn and Harper Celebrate for the ARC of Baking in the American South. This is my personal review.

This book contains really interesting stories and history, it is beautifully presented and photographed. The introduction and throughout addresses relevant issues like race and class. As an Australian I very much appreciated that the recipes were in grams, as well as cups and weird American measurements (12 sticks of butter, anyone?)

As I am wont to do, I wanted to cook from this book, as well as review the way it looks. My parents were coming for dinner, and we always finish our meals with either a pudding or a cake, so I made the Maryland Jewish Apple cake, which went down very well!

Overall I would recommend this book, both as a cookbook and for those who have an interest in the cooking and culture of the American South.

Thanks to NetGalley and the publishers for an e-Arc in exchange for an honest review.

This book begins with a great introduction to the south and baking in the south. I really enjoyed the how to bake this book section. It contained a lot of helpful information. I especially liked the section on converting measurements from old recipes. The backgrounds on each recipe were a fun and interesting touch to the book. As a baker, I love that the recipes contain weight measurement of each ingredient. The included pictures were stunning and really made me want to make the recipes. I really appreciate the inclusion of recipes from restaurants and chefs alike and thought it was great to include background on some of the people as well. All in all, this is a really great cookbook that I think will become a well-loved book among home cooks and bakers. I would definitely recommend this book.

*Baking in the American South is a cookbook where the author, Anne Bym covers recipes from all over the South and from very early days to the present. While some of the recipes seem slightly updated, most are kept in close to their authentic form. What is really great about the book is that the author includes some interviews with current chefs and provides a lot of history on the general categories (such as corn breads) and specific recipes.

*I baked from all the book sections. The recipes are very authentic in feel and do not include crazy instructions or ingredients that you wouldn’t expect to find outside of the South. However, many of the recipes require the reader to get specific ingredients that may be hard to find. The recipes also seem to work and taste fine.

*This recipe would be good for someone who wants to take a deep dive into learning about creating baked goods from the South.

Loved the concept of this cookbook, a mix of history and classic recipes. There were a lot of recipes of differences in cornbread, biscuits etc. So many of these bakes that I have grown up eating brings so much nostalgia. So many great passages and blurbs about the history of the people who first made these amazing recipes. I received an ARC through NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

I really enjoyed reading Baking in The American South. I'm always on the hunt for new recipes to trial and I wasn't really familiar with Southern Baking so I was excited to learn more. There are a wealth of delicious recipes in the book. accompanied with mouth watering pictures to tempt you every time you turn the page. However, my favourite part was the book was the stories and biographies that accompany a lot of the recipes. These feature every day Southerners who have trialled and perfected their bake over generations or during the pandemic. However, the book also features recipes taken from famous figures - you can make the cinnamon bread served at Dollywood .Even more amazing though, you can make Rosa Park's peanut butter pancakes from the recipe she wrote on the back on an envelope. The perfect combination of history and recipes, to take you on a gastronomical journey of the South. Perfect for any keen baker.

Thank you to the author, publisher and NetGalley for the chance to review an advanced copy of the book in exchange for an honest review.

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.

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!