Brown Sugar Kitchen New-Style, Down-Home Recipes from Sweet West Oakland

227 Pages·2014·87.23 MB·English

by  Tanya Holland

TANYA HOLLAND
WITH JAN NEWBERRY
NEW-STYLE, DOWN-HOME RECIPES
FROM SWEET WEST OAKLAND
WITH EDITORIAL HELP FROM PHIL SURKIS
FOREWORD BY
MICHAEL CHABON
PHOTOGRAPHS BY JODY HORTON
CHRONICLE BOOKS
SAN FRANICSO
Text copyright © 2014 by Tanya Holland.
Photographs copyright © 2014 by Jody Horton.
Photographs on pages 85, 118, 119 copyright © 2014 by Lisa Keating.
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ISBN 978-1-4521-2234-2 (hc)
ISBN 978-1-4521-3063-7 (epub, mobi)
Designed by Alice Chau
Typesetting by Howie Severson
Prop styling by Kate LeSueur. Many thanks to Heath Ceramics for the dishes
on pages 76, 78, 154, and 178.
Food styling by Kate LeSueur and Tanya Holland
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To my parents,
Hollis and Annette Holland

CONTENTS
Foreword by Michael Chabon 16 Spinach Salad with Roasted Apple Dressing,
Welcome to Brown Sugar Kitchen 20 Toasted Pecans & Goat Cheese 75
Romaine Salad with Spring Vegetables &
Cucumber-Buttermilk Dressing 77
Chapter 1
Black-Eyed Pea Salad 79
BREAKFAST & BRUNCH  28
Little Gems & Shrimp Salad with Thousand
Cornmeal Waffles with Island Dressing 80
Apple Cider Syrup 30 Picnic-Worthy Potato Salad 81
Bacon-Cheddar–Green Onion Biscuits 33 Spicy Green Coleslaw 82
Banana-Buckwheat Griddle Cakes 34
The BSK Breakfast Tart 35
Chapter 3
Sweet Potato Scones with
VEGETABLES & SIDES  88
Brown Sugar Icing 39
Sticky Buns 41 Roasted Green Beans with
Sesame-Seed Dressing 91
Virginia Ham & Fried Apple
Croque-Monsieur 44 Simply Sautéed Collard Greens 92
The BSK Egg Sandwich 46 Summer Squash Succotash 93
Grits Cakes Benedict 47 Okra Peperonata 94
Creole Shrimp & Grits 53 Green Chile–Harissa Potato Gratin 96
Sweet Potato–Kale Hash 55 Baked Sweet Potato Wedges 99
Smoked Pork Hash  57 Smoked Mashed Sweet Potatoes 100
BSK Breakfast Potatoes 58 BBQ Baked Beans 101
Chicken-Apple Sausage Dirty Rice 102
Cornbread Pudding  60 Macaroni & Cheese 103
Nutty Granola 61 Herbed Mushroom Spoon Bread 105
Buttermilk Cornbread 106
Chapter 2
SNACKS & SALADS  66 Chapter 4
SOUPS & SANDWICHES  110
Spicy Baked Wings 68
Andouille Gougères 71 Creole Gazpacho 113
Cornmeal-Coated Okra Bites 73 Spiced Winter Squash Soup 114
Mixed Greens with Roasted Tomato Vidalia Onion Soup with
& Thyme Vinaigrette 74 Cornbread Croutons 116