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Gene Hovis, Chef, Cookbook Author, Creative Director
"The epitome of good taste in living as well as recipes"
7/7/34-2/17/04
Birthplace: Salisbury, N.C.
Cooking Style: Southern, Down-Home Soulful presented in elegant simplicity
Memorable Quote: "My mother, my aunts and even my godmother were talented and enthusiastic cooks…The desired goal was food that was disarmingly simple and honest in which the taste of each ingredient was highlighted. This has been my guiding principle…
Special Honors: International Best Dressed List
Why we cherish Gene Hovis: This elegant, stylish man, who traveled in many social and artistic circles, turned thumbs down to any pretense or gimmick in the kitchen. "Delicious food will never go out of style," he said.
Gene Hovis's Uptown Down Home Cookbook
By Gene Hovis, 1987
Favorite Recipes:
Buttermilk Biscuits
"Gene Hovis's Uptown Down Home Cookbook"
Apple Cornbread Stuffing
"Gene Hovis's Uptown Down Home Cookbook"
Weiss and Jews;
 Skillet Diary
Week ending 11/14, 2010
Gene Hovis: An Elegant Legacy
The note with Gene Hovis' signature reminds me that it has been a dozen years since I retired my grandmother's cornbread dressing recipe in favor of Mr. Hovis' delicious version spiked with apples, sausage and dry vermouth. (Of course, Granny's Oyster Dressing can never be replaced.)
"Thank you…Bon Appetit!" he had written above his signature in response to the note I included with my order for his self-published book.
Today, I use Mexican chorizo for the loose sausage meat, and instead of "stuffing" I follow the southern tradition of calling this marvelous dish a dressing.
Something tells me Mr. Hovis (who also referred to his grandmother as Granny) may have acquiesced to an editor's wish for more general appeal with regard to recipes labeling the dish stuffing instead of dressing.
The chapter with clearly written instructions for "Granny's Light Bread Stuffing," "Apple Cornbread Stuffing" and "Apple Prune and Chestnut Stuffing" has a revealing title:
Poultry and Dressings.
Donna
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