Stirring It Up with Molly Ivins : : A Memoir with Recipes / / Ellen Sweets.

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...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Texas Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013
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Place / Publishing House:Austin : : University of Texas Press, , [2012]
©2011
Year of Publication:2012
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (288 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Foreword
  • Acknowledgments
  • 1. Meeting Molly
  • 2. Dining In, Dining Out
  • 3. Who, Me? No Way!
  • 4. Meeting Multiple Mollies
  • 5. The Molly Too Few Knew
  • 6. Are You Feeling Chili?
  • 7. Julia Child Meets Chicken-Fried Steak
  • 8. Mise en Place
  • 9. Food in the ’Hood
  • 10. Vive la France!
  • 11. Gumbo Daze
  • 12. We Get By with a Little Help from Our Friends
  • 13. Wine, Women, and Song
  • 14. Steel Magnolias, Texas Style
  • 15. Dinner—A Family Affair
  • 16. Managing Molly
  • 17. Everything Is Relative(s)
  • 18. Westward Ho, Ho, Ho
  • 19. Le Petit Dejeuner
  • 20. Home Cookin’
  • 21. Food Stamps and Fun on the Dole
  • 22. Laissez les Bon Temps Rouler, Y’all
  • 23. The Minnesota Dead Guy
  • 24. You Gonna Eat That?
  • 25. Thank God It’s Friday
  • 26. The Great Leonard Pitts–less Dinner
  • 27. Plans? We Don’t Need No Stinkin’ Plans
  • 28. ...and a Partridge in a Bean Stew
  • 29. Bienvenidos a Tejas, Comrades
  • 30. Oeufs à la Neige
  • 31. Table That Emotion
  • 32. The Observer’s Observant Observer
  • 33. Salmon on the Fly
  • 34. Burnt Offerings
  • 35. Dinner and the Dancing Tampon
  • 36. Biscuits, Anyone?
  • 37. Without Hope, All Is Lost
  • 38. Let’s Diversify This Popsicle Stand
  • 39. Talking Turkey
  • 40. Bacon Has Calories?
  • 41. Colorado Adopts Molly
  • 42. Où Est Mon Sein?
  • 43. The Beginning of the End
  • 44. Adieu and Adios
  • Epilogue: Gentle Chicken Soup
  • Photo Album
  • Index of Recipes
  • General Index