Required Reading
Julia Reed’s South, with Recipes
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Spirited Entertaining and High-Style Fun All Year Long, the Mississippi native takes readers on a journey through the South ...
In Julia Reed’s South
...she knows best, by way of 11 mealtime parties with family and friends in Louisiana, Georgia, Virginia, and beyond.
Reed’s South is warm, funny, and magical.
Page also designed Reed’s gardens at her former New Orleans home.
Above: Next to the formal hedge gardens at Brookside are kitchen and cutting gardens, including this one which Reed calls ...
...“a riot of zinnias, enormous marigolds, and celosia.” She uses the zinnias as the centerpiece of her Tomatopalooza table.
Julia Reed’s Tomato Tarte Tatin
In a small skillet stir the fennel seeds with a wooden spoon over medium heat, for a minute or so until they’re “toasted” ...
...and you can smell their aroma, being careful not to let them burn. After it has melted, stir in the sugar and vinegar.
Scatter in the thyme and oregano leaves, then add the tomato slices in a single closely packed layer. Add the sautéed ...
...onion and top evenly with the goat cheese. Cut a round of puff pastry 1 inch larger than the diameter of the pan.
Hold the plate and pan firmly together and invert.