Description: "Marcie Cohen Ferris gathers a constellation of leading journalists, farmers, chefs, entrepreneurs, scholars, and food activists-along with photographer Baxter Miller- to offer a deeply immersive portrait of North Carolina's contemporary food landscape. Ranging from manifesto to elegy, Edible North Carolina's essays, photographs, interviews, and recipes combine for a beautifully revealing journey across the lands and waters of a state that exemplifies the complexities of American food and identity"--
Brief description: Marcie Cohen Ferris, author of The Edible South: The Power of Food and the Making of an American Region and Matzoh Ball Gumbo: Culinary Tales of the Jewish South, is professor emerita of American studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Review Quotes: "A true celebration of the abundance of North Carolina: rich in natural resources, nuanced food culture, and adept storytellers."--Chef Gregory and Subrina Collier, founders of the BayHaven Food & Wine Festival and BayHaven Restaurant Group, including Leah & Louise and Uptown Yolk