The Month of Their Ripening
North Carolina Heritage Foods through the Year
By Georgann Eubanks
288 pp., 6.125 x 9.25, 35 halftones, bibl., index
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Paperback ISBN: 978-1-4696-6615-0
Published: August 2021 -
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4696-4082-2
Published: September 2018 -
E-book EPUB ISBN: 978-1-4696-4083-9
Published: July 2018 -
E-book PDF ISBN: 979-8-8908-5399-8
Published: July 2018
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Talking with farmers, fishmongers, cooks, historians, and scientists, Eubanks looks at how foods are deeply tied to the culture of the Old North State. Some have histories that go back thousands of years. Garlicky green ramps, gathered in April and traditionally savored by many Cherokee people, are now endangered by their popularity in fine restaurants. Oysters, though, are enjoying a comeback, cultivated by entrepreneurs along the coast in December. These foods, and the stories of the people who prepare and eat them, make up the long-standing dialect of North Carolina kitchens. But we have to wait for the right moment to enjoy them, and in that waiting is their treasure.
About the Author
Georgann Eubanks is a writer, Emmy-winning documentarian, and popular speaker. She is the author of Literary Trails of Eastern North Carolina, Literary Trails of the North Carolina Piedmont, and Literary Trails of the North Carolina Mountains.
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"This lovely ode to Tar Heel State heritage captures foods at their peaks—shad in March; ramps in April; persimmons in November—while introducing readers to the growers, hunters, foragers, and fishermen who harvest them."—Garden and Gun
"Eubanks interweaves her own narrative of life in the Tar Heel State and packs each chapter with information about the state of Southern foods."—The Local Palate
"If you are a fan of both history and Southern food, or curious about the way that seasonal foods create a culture, this book is a must."—Elizabeth Karmel, Associated Press
"[Eubanks] does her part to help preserve N.C. heritage foods."—Winston-Salem Journal
"The seasons keep the tempo in [this] collection of literary nonfiction essays about 12 North Carolina foods deeply entwined with the state's cultural histories. . . . Gorgeous botanical paintings by Carol Misner keep company with Eubanks' story vignettes from mountain ranges to shorelines."—Triad City Beat
"This is a book for a food lover, someone who has respect for the land and respect for local foods and the local people who raise them, or who collect snow for snow cream, or wait in the dark, wee hours for a crab to shed its shell."—Deirdre Smith, Salisbury Post