| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
x, 485 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Note |
"This is a Borzoi Book"--Title page 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 |
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. |
| Subject |
Bragg, Rick -- Family.
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Bragg, Margaret.
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Cooking, American -- Southern style.
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Personal Memoirs.
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COOKING -- Regional & Ethnic -- American -- Southern States.
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COOKING -- Essays & Narratives.
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Bragg, Rick. (OCoLC)fst00388032
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Cooking, American -- Southern style.
(OCoLC)fst01753233
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Families. (OCoLC)fst01728849
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| Genre/Form |
Cookbooks. (OCoLC)fst01752725
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Cookbooks.
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| Other Form: |
Online version: Bragg, Rick. Best cook in the world. New York : Alfred A. Knopf, [2018] 9780525520283 (DLC) 2017028840 (OCoLC)990183234 |
| ISBN |
9781400040414 |
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1400040418 (hardcover) |
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