Northern Soul

Northern Soul: Southern-Inspired Home Cooking from a Northern Kitchen by Justin Sutherland is a lively and deeply personal cookbook that reimagines Southern comfort food through the lens of Midwestern ingredients, multicultural influences, and modern home cooking. Drawing from Sutherland’s Minnesota upbringing and his African American and Asian heritage, the book blends soulful classics with fresh regional twists, creating recipes that feel both familiar and unexpected. Filled with scratch-made staples, bold flavors, and personal stories about family, identity, and community, Northern Soul is a celebration of the way food traditions evolve while still honoring the roots that shape them.