{"product_id":"hallelujah-the-welcome-table-a-lifetime-of-memories-with-recipes-by-maya-angelou-2004-first-edition","title":"\"Hallelujah! The Welcome Table: A LIfetime of Memories with Recipes\" by Maya Angelou (2004 First Edition)","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom the book description: \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThroughout Maya Angelou's life, from her childhood in Stamps, Arkansas, to her world travels as a bestselling writer, good food has played a central role. Preparing and enjoying homemade meals provides a sense of purpose and calm, accomplishment and connection.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNow, in Hallelujah! The Welcome Table, Angelou shares memories pithy and poignantand the recipes that helped to make them indelible and irreplaceable.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAngelou tells us about the time she fled school after an altercation with her teacher-and her mother baked a delicious caramel cake to brighten her spirits.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eShe gives us her recipe for short ribs along with a story about a job she had as a cook at a Creole restaurant (never mind that she didn't know how to cook and had no idea what Creole food was). There was the time in London when she attended a wretched dinner party; but\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eall wasn't lost-she did experience her initial taste of a savory onion tart. She recounts her very first night in her new home in Sonoma, California, when she invited M.F.K. Fisher over for cassoulet, and the evening when a beyond-tipsy Decca Mitford roasted a chicken-and created Chicken, Drunkard Style. And then there was the hearty brunch Angelou made for a homesick South-erner, a meal that earned her both a job offer and a prophetic compliment: \"If you can write half as good as you can cook, you are going to be famous.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMaya Angelou is renowned in her wide and generous circle of friends as a marvelous chef. Her kitchen is a social center. From fried meat pies, chicken livers, and beef Wellington to caramel cake, bread pudding, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eand chocolate éclairs, the dozens of recipes included here are all tried and true, and come from Angelou's home and her heart. Hallelujah! The Welcome Table is a stunning combination of the two things Angelou loves best: writing and cooking.“\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Random House, Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54869823258923,"sku":null,"price":4.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0762\/6896\/2091\/files\/41EE5413-8219-4685-A8E3-0590136FBF2C.jpg?v=1785602567","url":"https:\/\/spoonskitchenexchange.com\/products\/hallelujah-the-welcome-table-a-lifetime-of-memories-with-recipes-by-maya-angelou-2004-first-edition","provider":"Spoons Kitchen Exchange","version":"1.0","type":"link"}