The Way Home

The breakout star of Food Networks hit showDelicious Miss Browncelebrates the Gullah/Geechee culinary traditions of her family in this spectacular cookbook featuring 125 original mouthwatering recipes and gorgeous four-color photos.

In April 2015, Kardea Brown made a leap of faith, quitting her job as a social worker in New Jersey to pursue a career in the food industry. She opened the New Gullah Supper Club, a restaurant and social destination centered around the food she grew up eating at her grandmothers house on South Carolinas Wadmalaw Island.

After an appearance on Food Network, Kardea caught the attention of executives at the cooking channel and over the course of nearly four hardworking years became a starsparring with chefs on hit shows like Beat Bobby Flay and hostingCupcake Championship.Viewers fell in love with her Southern warmth, love of family, and awe-inspiring New Gullah meals, and Kardea quickly landed her own show, the top-rated Delicious Miss Brown.

In this, her first cookbook, Kardea shares her multi-generational passed down recipes and innovative takes on Gullah classics with home cooks everywhere. Gullah and GeeChee refer to a distinct group of African Americans living in the coastal areas of South Carolina and Georgia who have preserved much of their West African language, culture, and cuisine.The Way Homeis an unabashed love letter to her familys roots, packed with dishes that combine West African herbs, spices, and grains with traditional Southern cooking. Gullah people laid the foundation for Southern cooking. Before farm-to-table was a fad, it was what Gullah people did, Kardea explains. I want to show the world that soul food is not monolithic. Its so much more than fried chicken and vegetables cooked in pork. Its seasonal, fresh and delicious!

Filled with more than 100 mouth-watering recipes for starters, main courses, sides, desserts, and more,The Way Homebrings a taste of the Lowcountry South home, offering flavor-packed dishes everyone will enjoy such as:

She-Crab Soup

Seafood Potato Salad

Crabcake Benedict

Smoked Pasta Salad

Savory Bread Pudding

Peach Dump Cake

Blood Orange Salmon

Smothered Chicken

Low Country Spaghetti

Sweet Potato Cheesecake

Kardea flavors her recipes with cherished family anecdotes, memories, and helpful tips. A perfect blend of the modern and the traditional,The Way Homehonors her proud heritage and shows off her own signature class and sass. The result is a marvelous, big-hearted collection of recipes and stories that will nourish you, body and soul.