Talking with My Mouth Full: Crab Cakes, Bundt Cakes, and Other Kitchen Stories"As reassuring as a big bowl of buttery mashed potatoes...a delicious read." What and how do American families really eat? Bonny Wolf writes about the great regional and family food traditions in this country—birthday cake and dinner party food, hearty American breakfasts and Fourth of July picnic dishes. In Talking with My Mouth Full, she writes stories about food, and also about the people who eat it. Many of the delightful national treasures Wolf writes about—bundt cake, barbecue, roast chicken, fair food—are timeless. Each chapter, whether it's about true regional specialties like Minnesota's wild rice, Texas' Blue Bell ice cream or Maryland's famous crab cakes or about family favorites like noodle pudding or Irish raisin soda bread, ends with a perfectly chosen group of recipes, tantalizing and time-tested. In the tradition of Laurie Colwin's Home Cooking, Talking with My Mouth Full is a book you will turn to over and over for wonderful food writing and recipes for comfort food, a great nosh, or the ideal covered dish to take to a potluck supper. "Charming, lighthearted...refreshingly accessible."—Publishers Weekly |
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User Review - aliciamalia - LibraryThingEntertainment Weekly ran an article last fall about the best in food writing and food memoirs. Some were certainly not the best (I found Madhur Jaffrey's Climbing the Mango Trees unreadable), but ... Read full review
Talking with my mouth full: crab cakes, bundt cakes, and other kitchen stories
User Review - Not Available - Book VerdictThis collection of essays about the foods that mark special occasions in the average American's home is as reassuring as a big bowl of buttery mashed potatoes. A food commentator for NPR'sWeekend ... Read full review
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
The Little Cake Pan That Could | 15 |
Aunt Esthers Antipasto | 21 |
An Ode to Toast | 29 |
Kitchen Tools | 35 |
Cold Comfort | 49 |
Let Them Eat Cake | 62 |
Tied to My Apron Strings | 70 |
Tis the Season | 141 |
The Chicken Challenge | 147 |
Lights and Latkes | 159 |
Entertaining in Color | 165 |
Food on Fire | 171 |
The Running of the Shad | 181 |
Market Pleasures | 194 |
Fruits of the Sea | 203 |
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Talking with My Mouth Full: Crab Cakes, Bundt Cakes, and Other Kitchen Stories Bonny Wolf Limited preview - 2013 |
Talking with My Mouth Full: Crab Cakes, Bundt Cakes, and Other Kitchen Stories Bonny Wolf,Scott Turow No preview available - 2006 |