Damaris Phillips is a southern chef in love with an ethical vegetarian. In Phillips's household, greens were made with pork, and it wasn't Sunday without fried chicken. So she had to transform the way she cooks. In Southern Girl Meets Vegetarian Boy, Phillips shares 100 recipes that embody the modern Southern kitchen: food that retains all its historic comfort and flavor, but can now be enjoyed by vegetarians and meat-lovers alike. The book features Phillips's most cherished entrees from her childhood made both with and without meat: Chicken Fried Steak becomes Chicken Fried Seitan Steak. Loaded Potato and Bacon Soup is now Loaded Potato and Facon Soup. She gives down-home side dishes a makeover by removing meat, adding interna tional spices, and updating cooking techniques, and offers soul-satisfying, irresistible desserts that triumph over the meat-eater-versus-vegetarian divide, every time. Phillips found a way to make Southern food that everyone can enjoy, wherever they are on their culinary journey.

About the Author
Damaris Phillips is a chef and the host of Southern At Heart on the Food Network. Phillips is the 2013 winner of Food Network Star, where she impressed judges with her fresh take on Southern cuisine, and won over the audience with her impeccable charm. Phillips has competed for charity on shows such as Cutthroat Kitchen, and Guy's Grocery Games, and you can currently see her as a judge on the popular Food Network shows Guy's Grocery Games and Beat Bobby. From Louisville, Kentucky, Phillips graduated from Jefferson Community and Technical College with a degree in culinary arts and now teaches at the same school inspiring up-and-coming chefs to follow their dreams. Before returning to teach, Damaris took on various restaurant and baking jobs, at 610 Magnolia under Chef Edward Lee, Wiltshire Pantry and Harvest Restaurant under Chef Coby Ming, Restaurant Nora in Washington DC, Bayona in New Orleans, and Le Bernardin in New York City, working in the front and back of house. One of five kids, Damaris learned to cook at an early age and was responsible for cooking one night a week for her large family. Damaris uses her wit and her traditional Southern cuisine to pack a one-two punch in the kitchen.

Reviews
Love for a vegetarian may have driven Damaris to write this, but it's her love for vegetables and her knowledge of Southern cuisine that comes through on every page. * Alton Brown *
"You know I can get down on some world class bar-b-que, but let me tell ya, I'm more and more a believer in plant-based foods and the big time flavors that come from vegetables. Being a vegetarian doesn't have to be boring, and if there's anyone that can bring some fun, some soul, and some real-deal flavor to the vegetarian table, it's Louisville's finest, Damaris Phillips. In Southern Girl Meets Vegetarian Boy, Damaris truly puts the South In Your Mouth and let me tell ya, you're gonna dig it." * Guy Fieri *
Damaris Phillips has the knowledge, the experience, and the down-right courage to take on her native Southern cooking and turn it on its head . . . vegetarians everywhere will be thrilled! * Bobby Flay *



Book Information
ISBN 9781419726699
Author Damaris Phillips
Format Hardback
Page Count 208
Imprint Abrams
Publisher Abrams
Weight(grams) 890g
Dimensions(mm) 260mm * 208mm * 21mm