![]() Read more about the book in Kirkus Review. The book will appeal to anyone who loves simple, comfort food and enjoys a good story. With each added recipe, Bragg serves up the piece of family lore attached to it. Jimmy Jim taught Rick’s grandmother Ava to cook, and Ava taught Rick’s mama, who also learned from some of the other fine cooks in the family. “Does the girl have a name?” the old man asked. “You have to come with me,” the young man said, “’cause I’ve married a pretty and hard-headed woman who can’t cook a lick, and I do believe that I am a-starvin’ to death.” When he found him, the old man spoke first. It was for that reason alone he pursued his father. After killing another man in a drunken knife fight in 1919, Jimmy Jim fled into the North Georgia mountains, leaving behind his sickly wife and family.ĭespite the fact that his father was an outlaw and a rounder, Charlie knew Jimmy Jim Bundrum was the best cook in that part of the country. It all began in 1924, when Rick’s grandfather, Charlie Bundrum, mounted his mule and went in search of his father, Jimmy Jim Bundrum. As Rick Brag collects and records his mama’s recipes, he also weaves tales about how the best cooks in the family taught them to her. ![]() This is a delightful book that is as much about blue-collar Southern culture as it is about cooking. About The Best Cook in the World NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Part cookbook, part memoir, these rollicking, poignant, sometimes hilarious tales ( USA. This post was published on: 03/17/21 in the Books categoryĠ Comments The Best Cook in the World by Rick Bragg ![]()
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