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But Mama Always Put Vodka in Her Sangria!: Adventures in Eating, Drinking, and Making Merry
But Mama Always Put Vodka in Her Sangria Adventures in Eating Drinking and Making Merry Author:Julia Reed Julia Reed is an indefatigable practitioner of the art of eating, drinking, and making merry. In her new book, she takes us around the world southern style. From the quenelle of La Cote Basque, New York City's legendary bastion of haute cuisine to the salt-crusted steaks of Madrid's Alkalde, Julia's taste was ingrained early on at her mother's s... more »outhern table. She can tell you which Spanish Pimenton is the best just as she knows why you should never get rid of those earrings your aunt left you in her will. Reed writes about the bounty of a Southern garden and the burden of your mother filling the back seat of your car with corn and commanding you to haul it away. Over a glass or two, she talks about the best gin and tells the story of how her father drove around the Mississippi Delta armed with a thermos full of Gin Rickeys and how said thermos of libation eased his way when trying to sell grain bins to farmers in 98 degree weather. She gives her mother's recipe for spinach and artichoke casserole, topped with Ritz crackers, and remembers how her mother served it to diplomats and family members alike. Particularly, she remembers preparing a big Spanish meal one evening when as she began to make the sangria, a childhood friend asked where the vodka was. When Reed replied that there was no vodka in sangria, her friend said "But, Mama Always Put Vodka in Her Sangria!" and another great collection of essays by Julia Reed was born.« less
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