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Chef Scotty Scott remixes the classics with new-school soul food

With dishes like red bean hummus and pimento cheese hushpuppies, the Fort Worth-based chef takes a fresh approach to soul food in a new cookbook, Fix Me A Plate.

Chef Scotty Scott wants you to explore the wide, varied and insanely delicious world of soul food. In his first cookbook, titled , the lawyer-turned-personal chef shares his love for the traditional cuisine by honoring the classics — and putting his own remix on others in what he calls "new

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