Some of the recipes include:
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Radish & Kudzu Soup
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Buttermilk Brownies & Frosting With Kudzu & Pecans
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Deep-Fried Kudzu Leaves
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Kudzu Dandelion Coffee
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Creamed Fried Green Tomatoes & Kudzu
The Kudzu Cookbook
The green, leafy, and speedy-growing vine known as kudzu was first brought to America in 1876 as an ornamental shade plant. Oops! But while we Americans curse this “miracle vine,” the Japanese have long used kudzu in their fine cuisine, medicinal teas, and more. They even make kudzu honey, cloth, cat food, paper and clothes! In this charming cookbook, filled with history, legend, lore, and surprisingly delicious recipes, you will learn a new culinary trick or two! Beware: Kudzu puns ahead! But so are fun reading and good cooking! FYI: Kudzu’s a great source of protein!
As a Southerner, I grew up around kudzu all my life…and it grew up and up and up around me! What would shade our porches, turn our telephone poles into green monsters, and make me laugh so to spy an unsuspecting tourist digging up this “gorgeous groundcover” to take back home for transplanting! I first learned that kudzu was more than a joke when I saw a beautiful photograph of a kudzu leaf holding a white dumpling and red cherry Japanese dessert! Since then, I’ve enjoy the curious culinary club of kudzu-lovers from around the world who love, believe in, and are fascinated by kudzu. Join us! I hope you will enjoy the book, entertain your garden or cooking club, and forgive me the endless kudzu puns—but how could I help it!—CLM
“A clever cookbook, part spoof, part fascinating history, and part real culinary gem!”
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This book currently available from…
Amazon.com, paper $7.99
www.gallopade.com ebook $7.99, PDF download $7.99