New Fashioned: Modern Twists on 100+ Southern Dishes (A Cookbook)

Food Network host and native Kentuckian Damaris Phillips invites you in to her Southern-style kitchen to enjoy a modern twist on all the classics.  

New Fashioned celebrates a kitchen of invention: where pantry swaps are effortless, vegetarians are welcomed, and fried chicken gets a gochujang glow-up. With Damaris as your guide, you’ll become an expert on the classics and feel equipped to experiment and create something fresh, exciting, and inclusive for your table today. 

Want to know how to make buttery biscuits with flaky perfection, without taking all the time your Nana used to? Or how to recreate that smoky flavor in your barbecue, without becoming a pitmaster? Or what to do with that extra bourbon you have on the shelf? You can put it to good use in these recipes! Damaris has plenty of clever workarounds, updates, and substitutions that honor tradition while experimenting with bold flavors and accommodations that work for you. 

This book delivers on the Southern classics you’ve come to love, like Go-To Mashed Potatoes, Stovetop Mac and Cheese, Sunday Supper Fried Chicken, and a good old Black-Eyed Pea Salad. Every recipe includes two to four variations—equipping you to experiment and play with new ways to reinvent every classic dish. So whether you want to master the classics or explore fresh flavor combinations, this cookbook is sure to be a staple in your home. 

Enjoy recipes for:

• Chilled Summer Tomato Soup
• Bourbon Ranch “Wedge” Salad
• Kentucky Twist Jambalaya
• Nashville-Style Hot Cauliflower Sandwich
• Roasted Delicata Squash with Savory Cream
• Sorghum and Chili–Glazed Carrots
• Grampy’s Favorite Pimento Cheese
• Compound Butter—Four Ways 
• Banana Pudding with Homemade Vanilla Wafers
• Sweet Tea Coconut Macaroons
• And so much more!

This fun and accessible cookbook is a beautiful gift for Mother’s Day, birthdays, Christmas, housewarmings, dinner parties, summer picnics, Sunday lunches, and more. 

Ultimately, the new-fashioned approach is about blending the old with the new, helping you find your own culinary voice and food story, no matter where you come from. With Southern-style recipes unlike any other, Damaris offers you a fresh perspective on the ever-evolving culinary landscape of the modern South so you can cook up delicious meals for everyone at your table.