Reviews for Hill Country Cookin' and Memoirs

The average rating for Hill Country Cookin' and Memoirs based on 2 reviews is 4 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2018-09-09 00:00:00 Therron Woerner Bill Neal is the go-to guy for biscuits and buckles and cobblers (the best I've ever had or made) and all things Southern. His easy style and the descriptions and stories that accompany the recipes make this a cookbook as well as an homage to the South. Sitting with titan Southern cooks Edna Lewis and John Egerton, Bill Neal's books hold a lofty place on my bookshelf.

Review # 2 was written on 2020-10-25 00:00:00 Alyssa Wells 117 recipes and more from the then-young 34 year-old Southern chef, no longer with us and taken well before his time. Bill Neal was very instrumental in elevating both Southern cuisine and more importantly, its perception by outsiders, to the level it enjoys today. I drove by Crook's Corner, which he owned and was the chef twice a day for years without stopping by to have him personalize my copy of his cookbook - and then he was gone. Life is too short. A welcome addition to anyone with a collection of Southern or particularly NC cooking - see also Moreton Neal's "Remembering Bill Neal."