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The best cook in the world : tales from my Momma's table  Cover Image Book Book

The best cook in the world : tales from my Momma's table / Rick Bragg.

Bragg, Rick, (author.).

Summary:

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."
Subject: Bragg, Rick > Family.
Cooking, American > Southern style.
Genre: Cookbooks.

Available copies

  • 26 of 26 copies available at Missouri Evergreen.
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Trails Regional. (Show)
  • 0 of 0 copies available at Trails Regional-Technical Services.

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 26 total copies.
Show Only Available Copies
Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Adair County Public Library A B Bragg (Text) 34029002395050 Biography Available -
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 -


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