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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
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Sweeter, after the frost
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"A chicken... ain't likely to ketch on"
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The fourth bear
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The falling cow
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"Hard times, come around no more"
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"A ham hock don't call for help"
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Cakes of gold
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Sis
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The second ghost
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Bitter weeds
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Still hard times for an honest man
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The pie that never was
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Ribs in the dead of night
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Clementine
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Tomatoes without taste, tomatoes without end
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Didelphis Virginiana
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Stairway to nowhere
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People who cook
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Blackberry winter
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Till it thunders
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Offerings
--
Government cheese
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Sometimes the pies just call your name
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Red's
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"When Momma was all right"
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Monkey on a string
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Edna's ark
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Staggering to glory
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The runaway
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"Untimely figs"
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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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