{"product_id":"the-best-cook-in-the-world-tales-from-my-mommas-southern-table-a-memoir-and-cookbook","title":"The Best Cook in the World: Tales from My Momma's Southern Table: A Memoir and Cookbook","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\"Wonderful, rollicking, poignant, sometimes hilarious tales about how generations of Bragg's extended family survived from one meal to the next.\" -- \n\u003ci\u003eUSA Today\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A glorious collection of tales. . . . Bragg writes stories about family . . . and he does it better than almost anybody else. His just happens to be a family of excellent cooks who do much of their relating through the food they grow, hunt, prepare and occasionally steal.\" -- \n\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\"A tribute, a monument, to [Bragg's] mother and her people, captured here in solid recipes for good food, charming details and funny conversations.\" -- \n\u003ci\u003eThe Wall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"A loving, recipe-filled ode.\" -- \n\u003ci\u003eGarden \u0026amp; Gun\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Put together, all those stories read like a lush and lyrical novel, sometimes hilarious, sometimes harrowing. . . . Bragg's deep love for his mother, and her cooking, shines throughout.\" -- \n\u003ci\u003eTampa Bay Times\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Rick Bragg serves up a feast. . . . A love song to the woman who raised him and who has been his greatest muse.\" -- \n\u003ci\u003eThe New Orleans Advocate\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"The stories, as much as the portrait they paint of [Bragg's] family and their times, are baroque and profane, simultaneously moral and amoral, loving and blunt.\" -- \n\u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"One of my favorite writers of all time. . . . Both an incredibly evocative portrait of [Bragg's] mother and a collection of his mother's recipes.\" --Ed Levine, \n\u003ci\u003eSerious Eats\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Bragg has a bone-deep empathy for people who endure hard times. . . . [He is] a leisurely, soulful storyteller, a reporter with a poet's eye, and an appreciative diner. Most of all . . . he's a ferociously devoted son.\" -- \n\u003ci\u003eThe Christian Science Monitor\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Affectionate, funny, and beautifully written. . . . Heartfelt, often hilarious stories from an Alabama kitchen, a place from which issue wondrous remembrances and wondrous foods alike.\" -- \n\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e (starred review) \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"An engaging read about food that is dear to me.\" --Hugh Acheson, \n\u003ci\u003eFood \u0026amp; Wine\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"A testament that cooking and food still bind culture together.\" -- \n\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e (starred review) \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Many of the tales Bragg tells are ones he remembers hearing from his family, which must have been full of the best storytellers of all time. . . . [ \n\u003ci\u003eThe Best Cook in the World\u003c\/i\u003e] winds through family stories, memories of his mother and recipes of their food.\" -- \n\u003ci\u003ePost and Courier\u003c\/i\u003e (Charleston) \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"[Bragg] generously preserves a way of life that has endured in America's backcountry. His prose evokes the sights, sounds, and smells of a rural Alabama kitchen and transforms apparent poverty into soul-satisfying plenty.\" -- \n\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e (starred review) \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"One of the finest American writers of our time.\" --Billy Watkins, \n\u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eClarion Ledger \u003c\/i\u003e(Jackson, MS) \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Bragg writes with a powerful, page-turning punch. The result is unimaginably delectable.\" -- \n\u003ci\u003eBookPage\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \" \n\u003ci\u003eThe Best Cook in the World\u003c\/i\u003e is a cookbook, but not like one of those old Betty Crocker volumes. . . . Bragg's work is more a narrative cookbook that's heavy on stories about growing up poor, wearing out stoves and the role food plays both in his family and his native South, which gets a little more like everywhere else each time Domino's delivers a pizza out in the county.\" --Associated Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBiographical Note\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tRick Bragg is the author of eight books, including the best-selling \n\u003ci\u003eAva's Man\u003c\/i\u003e and \n\u003ci\u003eAll Over but the Shoutin'\u003c\/i\u003e. He is also a regular contributor to \n\u003ci\u003eGarden \u0026amp; Gun\u003c\/i\u003e magazine. He lives in Alabama.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher Marketing\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e BESTSELLER \u003c\/b\u003e- \n\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart cookbook, part memoir, these \"rollicking, poignant, sometimes hilarious tales\" (\u003ci\u003eUSA Today)\u003c\/i\u003e are the Pulitzer Prize-winner's loving tribute to the South, his family and, especially, to his extraordinary mother.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHere are irresistible stories and recipes from across generations. They come, skillet by skillet, from Bragg's ancestors, from feasts and near famine, from funerals and celebrations, and from a thousand tales of family lore as rich and as sumptuous as the dishes they inspired. Deeply personal and unfailingly mouthwatering, \n\u003ci\u003eThe Best Cook in the World\u003c\/i\u003e is a book to be savored.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Bragg, Rick\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Vintage\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePub Date:\u003c\/b\u003e 2019-04-02\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC:\u003c\/b\u003e Biography \u0026amp; Autobiography|Memoirs|Cooking|Regional \u0026amp; Cultural|American - Southern States|Cooking|Essays \u0026amp; Narratives\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSubjects:\u003c\/b\u003e Bragg, Rick|Family|Biographies|Cookbooks|Cooking, American|Southern style\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.1 lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781400032693\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eASIN:\u003c\/b\u003e -\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSKU:\u003c\/b\u003e SP-9781400032693\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Vintage","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52139482939673,"sku":"SP-9781400032693","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0913\/0380\/5209\/files\/9781400032693_spiral.png?v=1773925238","url":"https:\/\/westbindery.com\/products\/the-best-cook-in-the-world-tales-from-my-mommas-southern-table-a-memoir-and-cookbook","provider":"West Bindery","version":"1.0","type":"link"}