Big food big love : a Southern gal in the Northwest shares stories and recipes for big biscuits and breakfasts, cakes, pies, cookies, suppers, gravies, pickles, and plenty more

Featuring over 100 Southern recipes alongside “heartwarming” anecdotes, this cookbook is “a celebration of Southern hospitality, local ingredients and good cooking” (Chef Emeril Lagasse) When Heather Earnhardt opened her tiny, magical café, The Wandering Goose, in Seattle, she infused a little Southern comfort into the heart of a city that’s skies are often gray. Her specialty is biscuits, slathered with butter and homemade jam, piled high with fried chicken and bread-and-butter pickles, or country ham and an over-easy egg. In Big Food Big Love, this “red-dirt girl” shares stories from her childhood in the South and 130 recipes that contain a satisfying mix of nostalgic and traditional Southern favorites. Served up with a side of Southern charm, this is genuinely good and unfussy food that’s meant to be eaten with family and friends. When Heather Earnhardt opened her tiny, magical cafe, The Wandering Goose, in Seattle, she infused a little Southern comfort into the heart of a city that's skies are often gray. Her specialty is biscuits, slathered with butter and homemade jam, piled high with fried chicken and bread-and-butter pickles, or country ham and an over-easy egg. In Big Food Big Love, this "red-dirt girl" shares stories from her childhood in the South and 130 recipes that contain a satisfying mix of nostalgic and traditional Southern favorites. Served up with a side of Southern charm, this is genuinely good and unfussy food that's meant to be eaten with family and friends Grazing : snacks & starters Gravy : where it all begins Big love big biscuits : savory & sweet biscuits Supper : the midday meal & more "And all on it" supper sides : eat your veggies y'all For the big pot : big love for all! All about the pickles : jar it up Sauces & dressings : dress it up Big breakfast : no seriously, eat breakfast Jellies, jams & butters : butter it up Big cakes & bundts : bigger is better Pies & tarts : it's jus' pie Cookies, bars & bread pudding : big treats For sippin' : you could use a drink. Earnhardt's recipes, from The Wandering Goose in Seattle, provide a satisfying mix of nostalgic and traditional Southern favorites that make the most of the bound of the Pacific Northwest. Interspersed with the recipes are tales of her childhood and her winding path to Seattle.