(Southern - Florida) Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. Cross Creek Cookery. Singaporean from Young Banana Tree Soup

from Young Banana Tree Soup and Catfish Salad to Nam Lao (mixed ingredients in a rice paper wrap)

and Deuki Hong and Matt Rodbard show us why through stories

when Baghdad was the grandest city in the world and Moorish Spain was a beacon of civilization

sweet pickle watermelon rind

there’s dessert: Warm chocolate cake with salted butter caramel sauce

(Southern - Florida) Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. Cross Creek Cookery. Singaporean from Young Banana Tree SoupJacket. First Edition. NY: Scribner's, 1942. First Edition, with "A" to copyright page. Rawlings was already famous for her young adult novel, The Yearling, when she wrote this cookbook of recipes from Cross Creek, Florida. It contains over 250 recipes, as well as vignettes about her life and memories of growing up there. Kumquat marmalade mango ice cream, St. Augustine deep fried shrimp, Florida lobster or crawfish, Orange Lake frog legs, Mrs.