# Big Bad Breakfast: The Most Important Book of the Day [A Cookbook] - Hardcover

by **John Currence** (Author)

**From the James Beard Award winner, _Top Chef Masters_ contestant, and acclaimed author comes this fun, festive, and highly caffeinated ode to the joys and rituals of the Southern breakfast, with over 125 recipes inspired by the author's popular restaurant in Oxford, Mississippi.**

John Currence is one of the most celebrated and well-loved chefs in the South. Among his string of highly successful restaurants in Oxford, Mississippi, Big Bad Breakfast holds a special place in diners' hearts: It is a gathering place where people from all walks come together to share the most important meal of the day, breakfast. Southerners know how to do breakfast right, and Currence has elevated it to an artform: dishes like Banana-Pecan Coffee Cake, Spicy Boudin and Poached Eggs, and Oyster Pot Pie are comforting, soulful, and packed with real Southern flavor. _Big Bad Breakfast_ is full of delicious recipes that will make the day ahead that much better--not to mention stories of the wonderful characters who fill the restaurant every morning, and a meditation on why the Southern breakfast is one of America's most valuable culinary contributions.

### Author Biography

**John Currence** opened City Grocery in Oxford, Mississippi in 1992. Since then, the City Grocery Restaurant Group has opened a number of restaurants, including Ajax Diner, Nacho Mama's, Kalo's Tavern, Big Bad Breakfast, Bouré, Lamar Lounge, The Main Event, and Snackbar. Currence is the recipient of the 2009 James Beard Award for Best Chef South and the Southern Foodways Alliance Guardian of the Tradition Award. He has appeared on television programs such as _Parts Unknown_, _Mind of a Chef_, _Bizarre Foods_, _Treme_, and _Top Chef Masters_ and his writing has appeared in _Food & Wine_ and _Bon Appétit_, among many others. He is a contributing editor for _Garden & Gun_ magazine, a board member of No Kid Hungry (a project dedicated to eradicating childhood hunger in the United States), and an organizer and past board member of the prestigious annual Southern Foodways Symposium**.**

**Number of Pages:** 272

**Dimensions:** 1.1 x 10.1 x 8 IN

**Illustrated:** Yes

**Publication Date:** September 13, 2016

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- **Price:** 30.0 USD
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- **Type:** Books
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