![]() ![]() And the recipes are divine: buttermilk pie, grilled cheese sandwiches with pear preserves or muscadine jelly. Luckily, Bragg coaxed enough information from his mother that the book is indeed full of recipes with measured ingredients. She says, “People who say they like are just puttin’ on cause they seen it that way in a magazine.” She believes macaroni and cheese baked in the oven makes it too dry and takes all the taste right out of it. For the rest of your life, you can time it with your nose.” She is also not shy of offering her opinion of how other cooks do things. You will smell it when it’s done, that kind of nutty smell. She measures in dabs and smidgens, and when her son, in an effort to provide us less intuitive cooks with a recipe, asks for certain details she will say things like “till it tastes right.” About cornbread, she says, “Cook it right the first time, and pay attention to the smell. ![]() ![]() Margaret Bragg doesn’t own a single cookbook. Far be it from Rick’s mother to be intimidated by her formidably talented son: she won’t even dignify some of the questions he asks about recipes with an answer. “The Best Cook in the World” is a tribute to good old fashioned Southern cooking, but it is equally an appreciation of someone who tells it like it is–with unaffected charm and humor. ![]()
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