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ISBN10: 0816522839, ISBN13: 9780816522835, [publisher: University of Arizona, Tucson] Softcover One of the principal characters appearing within these 211 pages of memoirs is Eloine - the author's mother. Perhaps it is from her that his interest in cooking comes. Which leads to the inclusion of recipes, like the one for `Greens with Ham Hocks' on page 30. Read more about : Skull Valley dances, pickups, Goat Picnic, cold Mexican beer, nasturtiums, Old Baldy, barren soil, hydrophobic skunk, and Whiskey Row. UNillustrated. Cond : Paper wrapper is straw coloured with burgundy lettering. An Eloine-like figure appears on the front cover. Volume is clean and bright and crisp. No names, marks, creases nor tears. Minimal wear. Collectible !! QUote (p. 105) : " If my father's silver spaceship had landed in the front yard, beyond the wild roses, it would have been a huge surprise for everyone but me. The neighbors would have driven over and brought covered dishes. My mother would have ._._._. . " Size: 8vo
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ISBN10: 0816522839, ISBN13: 9780816522835, [publisher: University of Arizona Press, Tucson] Softcover Paperback. Mountain lion barbacoa. Margarita's yam souffle. Pastel de Choclo, a.k.a. Rodeo Pie. And for dessert, perhaps, Miss Ruby Cupcakes. These are but a few of the gustatory memories of John Weston that waft us on a poignant journey into the past in the company of a gifted writer and unabashed bon vivant. The place is Skull Valley in central Arizona, the time the 1930s. Taking food as his theme, Weston paints an instructive and often hilarious portrait of growing up, of rural family life under difficult circumstances, and of a remote Arizona community trying to hold body and soul together during tough times. His book recalls life in a lineman's shack, interlaced with "disquisitions on swamp life, rotting water, and the complex experience of finding enough to eat during the Great Depression." Central to Weston's account is his mother Eloine, a valiant woman rearing a large brood in poverty with little help from her husband. Eloine cooks remarkably well master of a small repertory from which she coaxes ideas surprising even to herself and feeds her family on next to nothing.She is a woman whose first instinct is to cry out "Lord, what am I going to feed them" whenever visitors show up close to mealtime. Recalls Weston, "Her strength lay in a practical- and poverty-born sense that there must be more edible food in the world th ...
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ISBN10: 0816522839, ISBN13: 9780816522835, [publisher: University of Arizona Press] Softcover New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! 0.66
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