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Cooking, American -- Southern style.
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Bragg, Rick.
Bragg, Rick -- Family.
Cooking, American -- Southern style.
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The
best
cook
in the
world
:
tales
from
my
momma
's
table
/ Rick Bragg.
by
Bragg, Rick.
Alfred A. Knopf, 2018.
Call #:
641.0973 B813b
Subjects
Bragg, Rick -- Family.
Cooking, American -- Southern style.
ISBN:
9781400040414 (hc.)
Edition:
1st ed.
Description:
x, 485 p. ; 25 cm.
Notes:
"This is a Borzoi Book"--T. p. verso.
Contents:
Prologue: It takes a lot of rust to wipe away a General Electric -- "Them shadows get to dancin'" -- "Salt is good" -- A man who knew beans -- Sweeter, after the frost -- "A chicken... ain't likely to ketch on" -- The fourth bear -- The falling cow -- "Hard times, come around no more" -- "A ham hock don't call for help" -- Cakes of gold -- Sis -- The second ghost -- Bitter weeds -- Still hard times for an honest man -- The pie that never was -- Ribs in the dead of night -- Clementine -- Tomatoes without taste, tomatoes without end -- Didelphis Virginiana -- Stairway to nowhere -- People who
cook
-- Blackberry winter -- Till it thunders -- Offerings -- Government cheese -- Sometimes the pies just call your name -- Red'
s
-- "When
Momma
was all right" -- Monkey on a string -- Edna'
s
ark -- Staggering to glory -- The runaway -- "Untimely figs" -- Spring -- Epilogue: The recipe that never was.
Summary:
Presents a food memoir, cookbook, and tribute to the author'
s
mother, sharing classic family recipes--many of them pre-dating the Civil War--and preparation secrets for such traditional fare as short ribs, biscuits, and perfect mashed potatoes.
Bragg presents a food memoir, cookbook, and tribute to his mother. Margaret Bragg does not own a single cookbook, measures ingredients by "dabs" and judges "done" by look and smell. Her son shares classic family recipes-- many of them pre-dating the Civil War-- as well as preparation secrets for traditional Southern fare.
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