Stirring it up with Molly Ivins : a memoir with recipes / Ellen Sweets ; foreword by Lou Dubose.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sweets, Ellen, 1941- author.

Contributor:

Dubose, Lou.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ivins, Molly.

Sweets, Ellen, 1941-.

Sweets, Ellen.

Women journalists--United States--Biography.

Women journalists.

Cooking.

Cooking, American.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (289 p.)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Austin : University of Texas Press, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

You probably knew Molly Ivins as an unabashed civil libertarian who used her rapier wit and good ole Texas horse sense to excoriate political figures she deemed unworthy of our trust and respect. But did you also know that Molly was one helluva cook? And we're not just talking chili and chicken-fried steak, either. Molly Ivins honed her culinary skills on visits to France—often returning with perfected techniques for saumon en papillote or delectable clafouti aux cerises. Friends who had the privilege of sharing Molly's table got not only a heaping helping of her insights into the political shenanigans of the day, but also a mouth-watering meal, prepared from scratch with the finest ingredients and assembled with the same meticulous attention to detail that Molly devoted to skewering a political recalcitrant. In Stirring It Up with Molly Ivins, her longtime friend, fellow reporter, and frequent sous-chef Ellen Sweets takes us into the kitchen with Molly and introduces us to the private woman behind the public figure. She serves up her own and others' favorite stories about Ivins as she recalls the fabulous meals they shared, complete with recipes for thirty-five of Molly's signature dishes. These stories reveal a woman who was even more fascinating and complex than the "professional Texan" she enjoyed playing in public. Friends who ate with Molly knew a cultured woman who was a fluent French speaker, voracious reader, rugged outdoors aficionado, music lover, loyal and loving friend, and surrogate mom to many of her friends' children, as well as to her super-spoiled poodle. They also came to revere the courageous woman who refused to let cancer stop her from doing what she wanted, when she wanted. This is the Molly you'll be delighted to meet in Stirring It Up with Molly Ivins.

Contents:

Meeting Molly

Dining in, dining out

Who, me? no way!

Meeting multiple Mollies

The Molly too few knew

Are you feeling chili?

Julia Child meets chicken-fried steak

Mise en place

Food in the \'hood

Vive la France!

Gumbo daze

We get by with a little help from our friends

Wine, women, and song

Steel magnolias, Texas style

Dinner-a family affair

Managing Molly

Everything is relative(s)

Westward ho, ho, ho

Le petit dejeuner

Home cookin'

Food stamps and fun on the dole

Laissez les bon temps rouler, y'all

The Minnesota dead guy

You gonna eat that?

Thank god it's Friday

The great Leonard Pitts/less dinner

Plans? we don't need no stinkin' plans

. . . and a partridge in a bean stew

Bienvenidos a tejas, comrades

Oeufs la neige

Table that emotion

The observer's observant observer

Salmon on the fly

Burnt offerings

Dinner and the dancing tampon

Biscuits, anyone?

Without hope, all is lost

Let's diversify this popsicle stand

Talking turkey

Bacon has calories?

Colorado adopts Molly

The last river run

The beginning of the end

Adieu and adios

Epilogue: gentle chicken soup.

Notes:

Includes indexes.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780292738744

0292738749

OCLC:

1286807384