Northern Soul
70+ Authentic Southern Recipes from the Bold North
Northern Soul features 80+ recipes for Southern cooking influenced by chef Justin Sutherland's Midwestern and Southern upbringing and African-American and Asian heritage.
Justin owns multiple restaurants in the Twin Cities, though his reputation is national. You may know him from television, where he won an Iron Chef episode, competed on Season 16 of Top Chef, and is one of the chefs featured on Fast Foodies airing on TruTV/TBS. In Northern Soul, Justin shares the inspiration and foundation behind his approach to his signature Southern cooking.
Northern Soul features 80+ recipes covering his signature recipes for lunch, brunch, dinner, snacks, late-night meals, and cocktail recipes perfected at Handsome Hog, his acclaimed pig-centric Southern restaurant in St. Paul, Minnesota. Justin shares how you can make easy, traditional Southern recipes with a Northern flair, in your own kitchen. Some of the recipes you will learn how to cook in Northern Soul:
- Tennessee Hot Chicken Sandwich
- Shrimp and Grits
- Charbroiled Oysters
- Signature cocktails from Handsome Hog
- Lots of spice blends, sauces, rubs and, per the South, pickled everything!
Welcome to a new Northern soul!
Author bio:
Justin Sutherland, a St. Paul, Minnesota native, is a nationally known chef, restaurateur, food personality, and television star. Food and family inspired him to pursue his passion and develop his career as a chef. Sutherland is on the nationally aired television show Fast Foodies (on TruTV/TBS), he won an Iron Chef episode, competed on Top Chef Season 16, and is proprietor of The Handsome Hog in St. Paul, MN, as well as O'Bachan Japanese Fried Chicken & Noodles and Chickpea Hummus Bar. Sutherland is the culinary consultant for Allianz Field, home of the MLS's Minnesota United, and also has a line of spices sold locally in grocery chains in the Upper Midwest, as well as signature whiskey blend with Tattersall Distilling. Outside of his restaurants, Sutherland is also the co-owner of Hybrid Nation, a socially-conscious streetwear and lifestyle brand that is creating social change by selling products with a meaningful cause behind them, and by acting as a catalyst for the continuation of action and conversation focused on promoting the importance of diversity and social equality. Sutherland is active in many philanthropic efforts, raising funds and donations for hospitality workers affected by the pandemic through The North Stands, MN Central Kitchen, and as a board member the Inner City Ducks.
