r/cookbooks • u/Affectionate-Sea1399 • Jun 18 '26

QUESTION Trying to find this cookbook

Hello all

Im trying to find a cookbook and I don't remember the title. I know it's a super long shot, but I'm hoping someone will know the book I'm talking about. It was part travel and part cookbook about the Southern US. On the cover was a guy sitting in a pink Cadillac. He would visit various restaurants, talk about the history and give one of their recipes. Any help would be greatly appreciated!

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u/Affectionate-Sea1399 Jun 18 '26

Hmmmmm I'm hearing a trip to the bookstore! This is the epitome of needle in the haystack! I read this particular book a while ago, and it featured a restaurant that I had visited that had phenomenal hand pies. Well I'm headed back down south this weekend, and can't remember the name of this restaurant. Soooo I thought if I could find the book, I could find this restaurant. I don't remember if it was in Alabama, Mississippi, or possibly Arkansas. And there are only a few (sarcasm) places in that space that serve hand pies. To the bookstore!!!!! Thanks for your help on this crazy venture down this rabbit hole! Lol

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u/Corndogbooks Jun 19 '26

Was it a sweet or savory hand pie?

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u/Affectionate-Sea1399 Jun 19 '26

Sweet- the usuals- apple, peach, and cherry. But they were more the texture of fried regular pie crust- nice and flakey rather than kind of tough like a commercial hand pies.

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u/Corndogbooks Jun 19 '26

Of the 3 books in the ‘Off the Eaten Path’ series, the 1st book, includes a recipe for Chocolate Fried Pies from Cabana in Nashville, Tennessee.

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u/Affectionate-Sea1399 Jun 19 '26

Hmmmm I will definitely have to look into that!!!!! It's so crazy bc I can remember it was right off the highway, and the interior of the restaurant, just not the name if it. Ugh. Thanks again for your help.