Fix Me a Plate: Traditional and New School Soul Food Recipes from Scotty Scott of Cook Drank Eat

by Scotty Scott

Prepare to fall in love with the wholesome beauty of soul food, with Scotty Scott’s approachable and unique take on the cuisine’s key dishes. Each flavor has a story, and every recipe in this book is infused with a family anecdote that highlights its significance to Scotty’s life. Raised in Detroit but with cooking roots firmly planted in Georgia, Scotty now shares new takes on family classics, like his mother’s “Mac and Quiche” or his grandma’s 100-year-old sweet potato pie (officially the World’s Best). From outstanding appetizers to tempting desserts, New Soul Food Cooking will have readers of all levels creating crowd-pleasing dishes and their own unforgettable memories.

Families everywhere can kickstart their mornings with indulgent eats like Buttermilk Drop Biscuits with Sausage Cream Gravy or the uniquely delicious Catfish and Gritz; with dinner options like Southern Fried Cornish Hens, Salmon Croquettes and a Black Garlic Skillet T-Bone, every get-together is sure to be legendary. Readers can also take a ride on the sweet side if they so choose with treats like Peachy Keen Cobbler and Buttermilk Lemon Pound Cake that’ll round off any meal—or be a meal all by themselves!

New Soul Food Cooking captures the very essence of comfort, family and hearty goodness; in no time at all, readers will be recreating these elevated classics and spreading tasty goodness of their own.

This book contains 60 recipes and 60 photos.

Genres: Cookbooks, Cooking, Nonfiction

168 pages, Paperback

Published March 15, 2022

About the author

Scotty Scott has three #1 Amazon Best Sellers since April of 2013. He grew up in Summerville, SC the youngest of three children. From an early age his parents instilled in him a hard work ethic, core values, morals and principles. These life lessons helped land him a full scholarship to The College of William and Mary, a public ivy-league institution, in Williamsburg, VA where he received a degree in Kinesiology. This background and his life experiences have fostered and help him continuously grow into a man of prudence, integrity, knowledge and understanding on life and people.

Reviews

[Jessica · Rating 3 out of 5]

I LOVE Southern food so I'm always interested in a new Soul Food or Southern cookbook. Scott's cookbook has a good variety of Soul Food recipes and some variations on classics - like pimento cheese hush puppies. The recipes organized like a traditional cookbook by type/meal - breakfast, main dishes, seafood, sides, etc. I liked that he included a chapter called "sauce and spice" that gives sauce and seasoning mix recipes. I wasn't wild about the way some of the recipes were written in the book. There were instructions like, "Whisk errythang...in a bowl until smooth." I have no problem with speaking more casually in person or on video, but to write it out like that just seemed really odd to me. There were similar things throughout the whole book. My other main complaint was the mac & cheese recipe - mac & cheese is one of my all-time favorite dishes and it's how I judge any Southern restaurant. Scott's recipe calls for 2 cans of Cheddar cheese soup! Ugh. to me that sounds awful, but as the subtitle says these recipes are "traditional and new school Soul Food..." so I guess that's his new school version. Overall, I do think it's a solid cookbook with lots of traditional and new variations of Soul Food dishes.

[Linda · Rating 5 out of 5]

The recipes were written in an easy to understand format which is wonderful. I was so pleased with the beautiful photography. A cookbook to keep on your shelf to reread and use again.

[T · Rating 5 out of 5]

I borrowed an ebook copy of this from my library and will be purchasing a physical copy of this for the spaghetti recipe and Mac & Cheese recipes alone.

[Shannon · Rating 4 out of 5]

Fabulous recipes. All I can think about is that softshell crab burger recipe now.

[Ursula · Rating 5 out of 5]

I absolutely loved this cookbook. It is the first soul food cookbook that I would recommend to the general public. He captures the real essence of soul food. The recipes are simple and wholesome, the ingredients are basic and easy to find. I have recommended this book to a lot of my friends and family members. I can't wit to try the chicken fried steak and the peach cobbler. Enjoy!!

[Colin · Rating 2 out of 5]

Looked decent, kids refused any of them.

[Heather · Rating 5 out of 5]

The recipes look out of this world! Southern comfort food delight!

[LaLa · Rating 4 out of 5]

Everything in here looked very delicious and time consuming to cook and I did not make anything out of this cookbook