Carla Hall's Soul Food: Everyday and Celebration

The beloved chef and television celebrity takes us back to her own Nashville roots to offer a fresh, lip-smackin’ look at America’s favorite comfort cuisine and traces soul food’s history from Africa and the Caribbean to the American South.

Carla shows us that soul food is more than barbecue and mac and cheese. Traditionally a plant-based cuisine, everyday soul food is full of veggie goodness that’s just as delicious as cornbread and fried chicken. From Black-Eyed Pea Salad with Hot Sauce Vinaigrette to Tomato Pie with Garlic Bread Crust, the recipes inCarla Hall’s Soul Food deliver her distinctive Southern flavors using farm-fresh ingredients. The results are light, healthy, seasonal dishes with big, satisfying tastes—the mouthwatering soul food everyone will want a taste of.Featuring 145 original recipes, 120 color photographs, and a whole lotta love,Carla Hall’s Soul Food is a wonderful blend of the modern and the traditional—honoring soul food’s heritage and personalizing it with Carla’s signature fresh style. 

Recipes include:

• Cracked Shrimp with Comeback Sauce
• Ghanaian Peanut Beef Stew with Onions and Celery
• Caribbean Smothered Chicken with Coconut, Lime, and Chiles
• Field Peas with Country Ham
• Chunky Tomato Soup with Roasted Okra Rounds
• Sweet Potato Pudding with Clementines