The best cook in the world : tales from my Momma's table / Rick Bragg.
All Over but the Shoutin' Margaret Bragg does not own a single cookbook. She measures in "dabs" and "smidgens" and "tads" and "you know, hon, just some." She cannot be pinned down on how long to bake corn bread ("about 15 to 20 minutes, depending on the mysteries of your oven"). Her notion of farm-to-table is a flatbed truck. But she can tell you the secrets to perfect mashed potatoes, corn pudding, redeye gravy, pinto beans and hambone, stewed cabbage, short ribs, chicken and dressing, biscuits and butter rolls. Many of her recipes, recorded here for the first time, pre-date the Civil War, handed down skillet by skillet, from one generation of Braggs to the next. In The Best Cook in the World, Rick Bragg finally preserves his heritage by telling the stories that framed his mother's cooking and education, from childhood into old age. Because good food always has a good story, and a recipe, writes Bragg, is a story like anything else.
Record details
- ISBN: 1400040418
- ISBN: 9781400040414
- Physical Description: x, 485 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
- Edition: Hardback edition.
- Publisher: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, [2018]
Content descriptions
General Note: | "A Borzoi Book." |
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Subject: | Bragg, Rick > Family. Cooking, American > Southern style. |
Genre: | Cookbooks. |
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Camden County Library District - Climax Springs | 641.5975 Bragg (Text) | 31320003610511 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
Cape Girardeau Public Library | 641.597 BRA CELEBRITY CHEFS (Text) | 33042004536754 | Adult Cooking Neighborhood | Available | - |
Caruthersville Public Library | 641.59 BRA (Text) | 38417100326463 | Non-Fiction | Available | - |
Cass County Library-Archie | 641.5975 BRA 2018 (Text) | 0002204908343 | Adult Non-Fiction | Available | - |
Cass County Library-Harrisonville | 641.5975 BRA 2018 (Text) | 0002204908327 | Adult Non-Fiction | Available | - |
Cass County Library-Northern Resource Center | 641.5975 BRA 2018 (Text) | 0002205060862 | Adult Non-Fiction | Available | - |
Jefferson County Library-Arnold | 641.5975 BRAGG (Text) | 30061010151401 | Non-Fiction | Available | - |
Jefferson County Library-Windsor | 641.5975 BRAGG (Text) | 30065010093604 | Non-Fiction | Available | - |
Marshall Public Library | 641.5975 BRA (Text) | 33391000401506 | Adult Non-fiction | Available | - |
Mississippi County - Clara Drinkwater Newnam Library | 641.597 (Text) | 38530100675547 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |