The Rise of the Southern Biscuit - PBS Documentary
Southern Biscuits - The Biscuit Dive Guide

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Beaten biscuits are one of the first biscuits of the South and they are featured in the documentary. It took plantation cooks hours to make these labor intensive biscuits that are still served in Southern society
This is a biscuit brake – a beaten biscuit-making contraption that was used in Plantation homes. Less wealthy biscuit makers had to beat their biscuits with a mallet (shown below).
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The Rise of the Southern Biscuit DVD and Bonus footage.

The Rise of the Southern Biscuit is a two-time Emmy and three-time Telly Award winning documentary produced, directed, and written by Maryann Byrd Fuzzell. The program takes a historic, cultural, and culinary look at the calling card of the South – the biscuit. Maryann Byrd and her company Byrdword Productions won top television and film honors for Program Writing, Best Cultural Documentary, Best Use of Music, Best Cultural Program, and Outstanding Documentary. This whimsical program showcases the history and heritage behind the “homemade” “from scratch” Southern biscuit. Embrace the art of biscuit making as you watch Southern chefs and biscuit makers create these treats germane to the South. The bonus footage on the DVD includes recipes and tricks for making these treats turn out every time.

The companion book, The Biscuit Dive Guide, gives the history of the biscuit, essential biscuit making information, and guides you to the Southern cafes and diners that still serve homemade Southern biscuits. Many biscuit makers give their recipes and biscuit advice in the Dive Guide.

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The Rise of the Southern Biscuit DVD with Bonus footage
Biscuit lovers: click the buy now button and get your copy of the DVD and bonus footage that will show you where to find the best biscuits in the South and how to make them!
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The Biscuit Dive Guide Restaurants & Recipes
Biscuit gourmets: feed your addiction and click the buy now button for your personal roadmap to the best biscuit dives in the South and their recipes!
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Gift Set Dive Guide and DVD with Bonus footage
Biscuit lovers who crave a bargain: click the buy now button and get the DVD and Dive Guide as a gift set and save $5.
 
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