Come on into
Crescent
Dragonwagon's kitchen. Why? Because "There's
a rainbow in her cooking." (Boston
Globe). Because
she's "... the
Alice Waters of the Ozarks, turn(ing) out a nightly
stream of creations
wherein the best
of country and city
converge." (House
Beautiful).
cookbooks by a former
innkeeper
Passionate about good food and good writing, Crescent Dragonwagon's cooking and cookbooks have been called
"...brilliant in their simplicity."
(New York Village Voice)
She and her husband Ned Shank no
longer own and run Dairy Hollow House, the Ozark country inn they created in
1982 (they went on to the non-profit
Writers'
Colony at Dairy Hollow). But you can
still enjoy the inn's wonderful "Nouveau'Zarks" cuisine.
Ladle up a bowl of Dairy Hollow House Soup &
Bread: A Country Inn Cookbook, "...cuisine
(that's) a state of mind... classic breads, baked from scratch, soups from the
simple to wildly innovative...light, seasonal, modern... ". (The
Washington Post)
Get out your garlic press, rolling pin, and even a pillow case (wait till you
see why) with The Dairy Hollow House Cookbook (written with Jan Brown), "A prime example of what a talented chef can do given a firm
sense of place and a feel for its products." (New
York Village Voice)
Anticipate CD's Forthcoming
Cookbooks.
recipes that
work
An amazon.com reader-reviewer noted
that Crescent's are "...simple, proven and easy to prepare recipes which are out of this world...
Incredibly easy to follow... rich and varied... always, always turn out
just as delicious(ly) as she describes."
On this site you'll find a true potluck.
Some of the inn's favorite and most
frequently requested recipes have been reproduced here, and there is a selection
from both cookbooks.
Sample some of CD's Recipes by
browsing an alphabetized index.
Learn when CD will next be teaching cooking or writing, at
Now appearing at...
This picture was taken when Crescent was about nineteen, on an early culinary
exploration in New Orleans, after a boiled crawdad and raw oyster binge. Though
CD has been a vegetarian for the last 25 years, she was, is, and no doubt always
will be an adventurous eater. A recent July day found her wandering an Iowa
cornfield in search of huitlacoche, a fungus as highly prized in Mexico
as truffles are in Europe... but regarded by American farmers, who call it
"corn smut," as a scourge. Her ecstasy at fungus-gathering was
met with some astonishment by the local grower, who said "Sure, take all
you want. Hell, you can have it all, lady. "
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