{"product_id":"consuming-passions-a-food-obsessed-life","title":"Consuming Passions: A Food-Obsessed Life","description":"\u003ctable align=\"center\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"2\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\"\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"productDetailSmallElements\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"Every Sunday, the whole family gathered at Mama Hughes's house in Amite County, Mississippi. They were ferocious eaters and talkers, devouring rumors and innuendo with gusto. Food was their common language, and everyone undertstood the dialects.\"--Aunt Tempe, reminiscing about family dinners\"A scrumptiously witty memoir about family, food, and the American South.\"--\"People\"A must-read...Everything about \"Consuming Passions--from the title to the recipes--just drips with Southern charm.\"--\"Denver Post\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eJacket Description\/Back\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eConsuming Passions\u003c\/em\u003e is Michael Lee West's delightfully quirky memoir of an adventurous life centered around food and family—the story of how she went from non-cook to gourmet of words and victuals by watching a multitude of relatives squabble, prepare sumptuous repasts, and carry on honored traditions. Laced with delicious secret recipes passed from generation to generation, West's irresistible chronicle recalls good times and wild times—mothers swinging from chandeliers, elderly aunts brewing up love potions, a South American nymphomaniac stirring up trouble at a Louisiana barbeque joint, and the spooky hauntings of a cabbage-eating ghost—all in the pursuit of good dining. Thoroughly entertaining, alive with West's distinctive humor and sharp, irrepressible insight, here are incomparable American kitchen tales as warm and tasty as freshly baked bread.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eContributor Bio:\u003c\/strong\u003eWest, Michael Lee\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMichael Lee West is the author of \u003cem\u003eMad Girls in Love\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eCrazy Ladies\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eAmerican Pie\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eShe Flew the Coop\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eConsuming Passions\u003c\/em\u003e. She lives with her husband on a rural farm in Tennessee with three bratty Yorkshire terriers, a Chinese Crested, assorted donkeys, chickens, sheep, and African Pygmy goats. Her faithful dog Zap (above) was the inspiration for a character in the novel.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e West, Michael Lee\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e William Morrow \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePub Date:\u003c\/b\u003e 2000-04-05\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC:\u003c\/b\u003e Cooking|Essays \u0026amp; Narratives|Cooking|Regional \u0026amp; Cultural|American - Southern States|Cooking|Entertaining|General|Cooking|Comfort Food|Cooking|Regional \u0026amp; Cultural|Italian|Cooking|Methods|General|Cooking|Individual Chefs \u0026amp; Restaurants\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSubjects:\u003c\/b\u003e Food habits|Southern style|Southern States|Tennessee|Gourmets|West, Michael Lee|Cooking, American\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.49 lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780060984427\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eASIN:\u003c\/b\u003e -\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSKU:\u003c\/b\u003e SP-9780060984427\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"William Morrow \u0026 Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52138778001689,"sku":"SP-9780060984427","price":23.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0913\/0380\/5209\/files\/a162ac7d-c294-4db2-b5e6-0fa96437d95c.jpg?v=1784465681","url":"https:\/\/westbindery.com\/products\/consuming-passions-a-food-obsessed-life","provider":"West Bindery","version":"1.0","type":"link"}