Colonel Beauregard Cracker's Southern Kitchen: Recipes and Tall Tales of The South
by Daniel GolioPublish: Feb 25, 2025Historical FictionCooking
Book Overview
Colonel Beauregard Cracker’s Southern Kitchen is a fictional recipe book that provides original recipes of the South during the 1860’s. It’s a totally fabricated story that has never been shared before. The book describes Beauregard’s exploits during the American Civil War in great detail, but is more than just culinary escapa... des as it is chock full of recipes and anecdotes of his unique observations on the war.
Colonel Beauregard Cracker, a totally fabricated character's perspective was, to put it mildly, unorthodox. He saw the war through the lens of a cook, a provider, a man obsessed with nourishing weary souls. He argued that the Confederacy lost not because of strategy, but because they ran out of sugar for the pecan pie.
Of course, the book is filled with inaccuracies, exaggerations, and fabrications of Beauregard, a master storyteller who had a knack for embellishing the truth. He claimed that his Chicken Fried Steak caused hundreds of Union soldiers to surrender and claimed that even Major General William T. Sherman asked for a helping of the Colonel’s Chicken Fried Steak and buttermilk biscuits.
Colonel Beauregard Cracker's Southern Kitchen: Recipes and Tall Tales of the South includes over 40 original 1860's Southern recipes including:
Buttermilk Biscuits
Corn Bread
Southern Tea Cookies
Green Tomato Pie
Georgia Peach Cobbler
Civil War Pumpkin Bread
Sweet Potato Pie
Bean and Ham Soup
Corn Chowder Soup
Chicken and Dumplings
Shrimp and Sausage Gumbo
Seafood During the Civil War
Fried Georgia Catfish
Shrimp, Grits and bacon
Southern Fried Chicken
Smothered Chicken
Civil War beef Stew
Chicken Fried Steak
Oxtails and Brown gravy
Country Style Southern Ribs
Smothered Pork Chops
Opossum Stew
Buttermilk Fried Squirrel
Biscuits and Gravy
Black eyed Peas
Southern Cole Slaw
Southern Collard Greens
Cracker Salad
Hush Puppies
Macaroni and Cheese
Red Bean and Rice
Stewed Tomatoes
And many more southern favoritesread more
BIOGRAPHY Daniel Golio was born in East Harlem, on Pleasant Avenue in New York City. An author, teacher and restaurant consultant. Mr. Golio started his culinary career as a Sous Chef in Italian restaurants in New York City and then went on to serve as the Director of Food and Beverage for such concerns as the Biltmore, Roosev... elt and Milford Plaza hotels in New York City; as well as the Food and Beverage Director for JFK International airport.
As owner of Manhattan Parties, an upscale event and catering company, Dan has planned events for the television show Entertainment Tonight, and such companies as the Ford Modeling Agency, Cover Girl Makeup, Petrossian Caviar NYC, the Bank of Italy, WBLS Radio in New York and countless television commercials and music videos.
Mr. Golio holds certificates in Wine Appreciation from both the French and German Councils and for over twenty-five years has taught wine appreciation classes for the New School of Social Research and the Art Institute of NYC. He holds a degree in Culinary Arts from New York technical College, a bachelor’s degree in economics and a master’s degree in business from the State University of New York
Although semi-retired, Dan has taken to writing books about food ,wine and the restaurant industry.read more