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Readers familiar with Angelou's I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings will find what may be the secret ingredient of her success in this collection of tear- and laughter-provoking vignettes with 73 savory recipes. Here's Angelou's grandmother's Chicken and Dumplings, Crackling Corn Bread and Caramel Cake. Big brother Bailey makes a mean batch of Smothered Pork Chops and knows how to stretch them for a week's worth of meals. Mother, who "cooked wonderful meals and was very poignant about how to present them," can make a Roasted Capon play second fiddle to Red Rice. As the wider world beckons, Angelou dines. Sometimes she's the worker; having passed herself off as an experienced Creole cook, she becomes one with her Braised Short Ribs. Other times, she's the hostess serving what M.F.K. Fisher pronounces "the first honest cassoulet I have eaten in years." A batch of spoon bread nets Angelou a job and compliment: "If you can write half as good as you can cook, you are going to be famous." She does, and the food world widens (tamales, paté, minestrone, chachouka), and the fellow diners often have famous names (Oprah, Jessica Mitford, Rosa Guy). The food remains delectable and comfortable, and Angelou's directions are minimal but clear enough for experienced cooks. Color photos not seen by PW. Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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Reviews for Hallelujah! The Welcome Table: A Lifetime of Memories with Recipes (Hardcover) So, I'm a cookbook collector. By that, I mean, I have all these cookbooks, but I don't think I've ever tried a recipe out of any of them -- I just like to read them. This was, by far, the best cookbook I've ever read, and devouring the recipes' stories made me actually want to try cooking them. Something about such a great story behind it really got me off my butt to actually make them. I started with Decca's Chicken as I had everything in the house, and it was wonderful, and it prompted me to run out and buy the ingredients I needed for the Smothered Chicken. There's something about Angelou's stories that make me want to try every one of the recipies... ok, maybe not-so-much on the tripe. But for anyone who doesn't get inspired by the normal cookbooks, I highly suggest this one.
Reviews for Hallelujah! The Welcome Table: A Lifetime of Memories with Recipes (Hardcover) Here in San Francisco folk with educated palates still talk and reminisce about Maya Angelou's stint cooking at the Creole Cafe, back during the heigh of the Creole movement westward bound. A wandering people had reached the blue Pacific but hungry Louisianans still yearned for a little bit of home.
Reviews for Hallelujah! The Welcome Table: A Lifetime of Memories with Recipes (Hardcover) This is a warmly written, beautiful book with very tempting recipes (you almost drool on the pages) -- which are either unique, or have incredibly special touches. Magnificent (like everything the author does). My only quibble (and the reason I didn't give it five stars) is that the descriptions of the recipes and what makes them special appear in a chapter preceding the recipes, rather than above each recipe -- and the recipes are organized by family event, rather than type. That makes it awfully difficult to find anything. But you'll still want the book ... It is glorious, and I can't wait to start trying the tempting recipes.
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