Georgia native Nicole Taylor spent her early twenties trying to distance herself from her southern cooking roots--a move "up" to Brooklyn gave her a fresh appreciation for the bread and biscuits, Classic Fried Chicken, Lemon Coconut Stack Cake, and other flavors of her childhood. Simplicity and authenticity give these recipes a unique flavor, while Taylor's charisma shines through in her prose. And she's not afraid to tweak some of her recipes: Pimento Cheese can be made without mayonnaise; Spiked Nuts are fruit, nuts, and candy in a shoebox; and who'd have thought Pumpkin and Grits could taste so good?More than 100 recipes are organized by sometimes surprising chapters, including:Peas and ThingsYard Bird and FishBarbecueRed Velvet Cake and SuchChow Chow and GarnishesWhite Likker and Sweet TeaThis promises to be a new Southern classic.