STILL WE RISE

A love letter to the Southern biscuit, STILL WE RISE honors its place in Black culinary culture and beyond with a striking story to tell.

Through over fifty unique recipes, both sweet and savory, like Corn Milk Biscuits, Cheerwine Mustard, Red Curry Basil Biscuits, Hominy Honey Butter and a Fried Oyster Biscuit Sandwich (plus a mind-blowing Cinnamon Sugar and Pecan Biscuit), Erika takes us on a journey through Black resilience, excellence, and heritage in the American South with delicious and accessible recipes. Part cookbook, part cultural history, part memoir, STILL WE RISE is a tribute to the glories of flour, butter, and buttermilk baked tall, tender, and flaky.

Erika Council is a baker, food writer, recipe developer, food photographer, educator, and owner/chef of Bomb Biscuits of Atlanta. She is the head of the successful website Southern Soufflé, and her work has been featured in The New York Times, Saveur, Food & Wine, Food52, The Kitchn, Essence, and HuffPost, among others. She lives in Atlanta, Georgia, where she uses her passion to speak on topics such as soul food, social justice, and food's impact on community.