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

by Scotty Scott

Take an Amazing Soul Food Journey With 60 Authentic, Unique and Indulgent RecipesGet ready to shake up your home cooking with the most soul-satisfying dishes you’ve ever encountered. From hilarious and beloved chef Scotty Scott comes a deep dive into the delicious world of soul food, showcasing traditional recipes as well as awe-inspiring remixes on the classics. Learn the history behind how these iconic dishes came to be so embedded in soulful southern culture, and follow along as Scotty tells the heartwarming, sometimes side-splitting stories of how they were interwoven into his family history and childhood.Start your morning off right with savory Southern Raised Biscuits with Spicy Sausage Cream Gravy or a big ol’ hearty plate of Catfish and Grits. Next, put some meat on your bones with staples like succulent Short Rib Grillades or Sea Island Red Peas and Carolina Gold Rice Hoppin’ John. Finally, dive into the Soul Remix with Scotty’s out-of-this-world elevations of classic recipes, like Fried Oyster Collard Green Salad, Duck Fat Shrimp Etouffee or Chicken and Brown Butter Sweet Potato Waffles with Maple Bourbon Sauce.Capturing the very essence of family, history and hearty goodness, Fix Me A Plate delivers the best of down-home cooking with the funkiest of mouthwatering funky fusions. So dig right in, and you’ll soon be creating crowd-pleasing meals that will have your friends and family asking, “Can you Fix Me a Plate?”

Genres: Cookbooks, Cooking, Nonfiction

249 pages, Kindle Edition

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