Two Nashville Writers Settle an Old Kitchen Argument, in Book Form

Mindy Merrell and R.B. Quinn have written "Self-Rising," a book that treats a bag of flour as a subject worthy of real attention. Their case is simple: the biscuit did not get good by accident, and self-rising flour had more to do with shaping Southern cooking than most cooks ever stop to consider. It is the kind of argument that plays well in a city that has never needed convincing that craft belongs in the kitchen.

With reporting from Nashville Banner.