Nashville Eats: Hot Chicken, Buttermilk Biscuits, and 100 More Southern Recipes from Music City

Nashville Eats begins with a very concise introduction and then moves into recipes for breads, appetizers and salads, chicken, meat, fish, sides, put-ups, sweets and drinks. There are profiles that showcase well-known Nashville businesses interspersed throughout and there are many full-color photographs of the finished dishes as well as general life in Nashville. The Mini Apple Cheddar Biscuits were delicious. I substituted all-purpose, white flour for the wheat flour as that’s what I had on-hand and still loved the touch of sweetness added by the apples. The skillet Roasted Hot Chicken resulted in a perfectly moist, slightly spicy chicken with plenty of left-overs that we repurposed into the Chicken and Dumplings. I roasted mine with sweet potatoes instead of fennel. The Otaku South’s Hot Chicken Buns were an innovative and creative take on fried chicken that came out great with a perfect level of spiciness. The Beef Brisket with Blue Cheese Grits, Pork Sausage and Pork Chops with Peach Chutney were all equally delicious. I will definitely be adding blue cheese to my grits again, as that’s a combination I hadn’t had before. Overall, Nashville Eats is highly recommended for cooks of all skill levels who want to add Southern style cuisine to their table.

Close as I live to Music City -- well, in a neighboring state -- I knew nothing much about the cuisine of that area till a friend posted a pic of something he'd made from the book, and that got my attention. The recipes look fabulous, and I'm going to make the "boozy peached baked in muffin tins" as soon as peaches begin to pop, but get a copy of the book if only for the food history and great prose. You'll be captivated, I promise.

I bought this cookbook as a gift for family missing home and for myself. Great recipes, easy to follow, quality updates for some favorites and recipes you can't find elsewhere from favorite Nashville spots. I love the stories about the farmers, companies and food movement- this cookbook shares an authentic story about where we are as a city, as we grew into our "It" city label and further define food trends.

My super cute cookbook came quickly & looked almost brand new!

There are sooooo many great recipes in this book! It was on display at a B&B I stayed at. I flipped through it and ordered it immediately

Ever since I read about Princes hot chicken in the Cornbread Nation series of southern food writings, I have nursed a yen for the back streets of Nashville where the food reflects the multi stranded history of the city and new places arrive and depart like the wind. Jennifer Justus has written more than a boring ole list of restaurants which would swiftly date anyway. Instead we have valued advice from a local, as if she was our real life guide to the city and a local who is happy to share her secrets rather than do that tedious thing of keeping the best to herself in a kind of a foodie oneup-womanship. The book is conveniently divided up by cusine types and geographical neighbourhoods, making it a useful take along resource. There's 'landmarks'. 'foodie favourites' and plenty of personal experiences to keep the writing fresh, long after some of the joints have closed, which they are wont to do. There's lists of food trucks and festivals, places to eat and listen to music and advice on places to go that lie outside the city limits and a useful guide to drinks. The drinks section isn't an also ran either which can happen too often with some food writers. Jen keeps us well informed with advice on craft cocktails and where the best are to be found, there's info on craft breweries and distilleries, dive bars, honky tonks (a must!) and other watering holes that might otherwise go unnoticed in such a busy place. Finally, there's a recipe section from Nashville's coolest cooks which includes Por Favors famous chicken tortilla soup among offerings from Laura Wilson, Margot McCormack, Hal Holden-Bache and Tandy Wilson so if you can't get there just yet, all is not lost. Pack this handy 6X6 sized tome in your back pocket and book that flight. This is all you will need alongside an internet link to check opening times! I reviewed this ARC on Netgalley after being sent a review copy.

With his cookbook, you can literally cook your way around Nashville. If you enjoy Nashville eating, then you will enjoy this book. The pictures and quality of the cookbook itself are beautiful. Great addition to any cookbook stash!

Love this cookbook! It’s the best!!

My son in law was delighted.

Beautiful book, hardback, lots of great recipies, unfortunatly the hardback was damanged when I received and it was a gift, but I doubt this will effect the cooking!!