Review; Kiln to Kitchen: Favorite Recipes from Beloved North Carolina Potters by Jean Anderson

Last year I was lucky enough to recieve an ARC of the cookbook Kiln to Kitchen: Favorite Recipes from Beloved North Carolina Potters by Jean Anderson through Netgalley. I read it shortly afterwards, but I haven't published my review until now.

Description from Goodreads
Jean Anderson's new cookbook deliciously brings together two of her lifelong passions--great food and North Carolina pottery. Fans of both will celebrate. While always meant for one another, pottery and cooking are enjoying a new romance--many potters have introduced designs, glazes, and techniques that make pottery more versatile, while others continue making the traditional pie plates, casseroles, jugs, and mugs that made the state's pottery famous. Potters now routinely tuck recipes into everything from stoneware angel-food cake pans to salt-glazed bean pots, and Anderson has selected a treasury of favorite recipes contributed by the twenty-four gifted North Carolina potters featured in this book.

Following an introduction to the North Carolina pottery traditions and general instructions for cooking in clay, Anderson sets off on three tours, pinpointed on maps, that wind through the state's prime pottery regions--the Greater Triangle, Seagrove, and the Catawba Valley/Mountains. She profiles the featured potters, sharing their captivating backstories and favorite, fully tested recipes. How about trying Ben Owen's persimmon pudding, Mark Hewitt's South African beef bobotie, or Siglinda Scarpa's Italian fruit tart, to name just a few of the dishes that span the South and the globe. Beautiful photographs of twenty-four recipes in their clay vessels will urge you to dig in.

My Thoughts on the Book
I really loved this book. Not only has it some info on pottery (such as glazes), but it contains a great variety of recipes, from Bobotie to pecan pie and a lot in between. If one loves pottery and cooking, I would highly recommend this book.

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