Eating Southern: The Sweet Potatoes Restaurant Cookbook

Story by Matt Young. Photo via Sweet Potatoes. Above, Chef Stephanie Tyson and co-owner Vivian Joiner.

Cary, NC – Is it the recent growth in the area that is inspiring all of the books on history, culture and food? A noble attempt to make sure  that we all celebrate and hang on to the traditions of the south? I think so. And I am glad. 

“It always amazes me how the one thing people have is food. They may differ politically, economically socially, but they still have food in common.” – Author and Chef  Stephanie Tyson

Well, Shut My Mouth! The Sweet Potatoes Restaurant Cookbook (John F. Blair, Publisher) contains recipes from the well-known North Carolina restaurant, and recipes from the families of Chef Stephanie Tyson and co-owner Vivian Joiner.

The Story of Two Southern Women

Recipes that are Southern, plain and simple. Beyond the Gullah Shrimp and Crab Pilau, Cheerwine-Glazed Country Ham, and other quintessentially southern recipes, the book is also the history of the two women who started a locally (and nationally acclaimed) restaurant.  “The book is about remembering spirit and food,” says Chef Tyson. “it’s my perspective on southern food.”

The author, Stephanie Tyson has scheduled several book signings and is in Cary on September 13.

Book Signings

Chapel Hill
A Southern Season
University Mall
201 South Estes Drive
Sat., Sept. 3
11 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Pittsboro
McIntyre’s Fine Books
2000 Fearrington Village
Sun., Sept. 4
2 p.m.

Cary
Barnes & Noble
760 SE Maynard Road
Tues., Sept. 13
7 p.m.

Durham
Southwest Regional Library
3605 Shannon Road
Sun. Sept. 25
3 p.m.

“My grandmother was ninety-three years old when she died. And to that day she always ate dessert first. Not a bad idea. So here are the desserts first.” – Excerpt from the opening of Well, Shut My Mouth! The Sweet Potatoes Restaurant Cookbook.

Well OPEN my mouth!