Armadillos & Old Lace

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Master of 'Sinful Excess'.......2006-12-21

The friends of Kinky Friedman gathered recently over the release of his latest mystery, and the air was positively green with screaming over it.

"Like P.J. O'Rourke on testosterone," cheered Robert Stack, noted literary critic and host of "Unsolved Mysteries." "A true American original," mused Steve Allen, modern Renaissance man.

"A real beauty mark of sinful excess," says James Crumley, author of "The Last Good Kiss."

Lord knows mystery novels are not meant to be the all-day suckers of literature, but the scorch marks on my eyelids remain mute evidence that there was less here than met the eye.

The concept behind this series is simple. Kinky Friedman, in reality a smart-alecd country singer who writes songs like "They Don't Make Jews Like Jesus Anymore" and "Get Your Biscuits in the Oven and Your Buns into Bed," plays amateur detective in New York City.

As an added conceit, his friends appear in the books, sometimes as Watsons, sometimes as victims and suspects.

There is some justification for Crumley's "sinful excess" assertion. Although of an age old enough to know better and too old to care, Friedman has the sense of humor sure to tickle the hearts of 13-year-old boys everywhere. Between the bodies are sprinkled fart jokes, crap jokes, Jesus jokes, Jewish jokes, Texas jokes, booger jokes and more fart jokes.

In addition, he drops in stories which don't mean anything to the plot and rules of life with great portentousness. His plots meander about the ranch like herds of sheep. Sometimes, he wraps it up well enough to forgive and badly enough to induce hurling (the book, not your lunch, unless you don't like dirty jokes).

This time, Friedman heads to Texas for the summer, to the combination ranch and summer camp which his family has been tending for decades. But before he can settle into his trailer and take off his boots, the justice of the peace asks him to look into the deaths of six old ladies. She thinks a serial killer is at work; the county sheriff doesn't. And Kinky is in the middle.

So while he investigates the deaths, we also get heart-warming scenes around the campfire, where Kinky campfire songs like "Ol' Ben Lucas / Had a lot of mucus / Comin' right out of his nose."

Along the way, Kinky talks about relatives who had gone to seed in nursing homes and his experiences as a Peace Corps volunteer in Borneo, sometimes dipping into lines like: "I was a hunter who traced the wide open spaces between the ears of a madman, just barely within shouting distance of reality."

This time, Friedman keeps his mind on the plot and wraps it up not only satisfactorily, but adds a coda capable of inducing heartbreak.

If you have a taste for sick humor, sacrilegious talk and bawdy observations, then the Kinkster comes highly recommended.

Crunchy on the Outside, Chewy on the Inside.......2004-06-29

"Armadillos and Old Lace" is Kinky's seventh novel and is his first to be set away from New York. Instead, the action takes place at 'home' - in and around Echo Hill Ranch, Texas. This means, of course, that Kinky must solve this mystery without the help of people like Ratso, Rambam and John McGovern - though he has brought the cat along with him. While the cat doesn't voice her opinion on their new home - a green trailer - it's obvious that she isn't impressed.

Kinky has, once again, cast himself as the PI hero and has continued to use family and friends as the book's supporting characters. Echo Hill Ranch was founded by his parents, Tom and Min, in the early 1950s. Min died in 1985, before the book was written - though Tom does appear and is always referred to by his first name. A summer camp is held on the ranch every year, and Kinky's sister, Marcie, appears as one of the camp counsellors. (It was Marcie's idea that Kinky should start writing mystery novels - I will be eternally grateful to her). Frances Kaiser, Kerr County's Sheriff, and Pat Knox, Kerrville's Justice of the Peace, also appear. The green trailer, Kinky's place of residence in this book, is where he wrote several of his early books. It's now (apparently) home to an armadillo, who presumably answers to the name of Dilly. Much use is also made of Dusty, his mother's old talking car. However, further comparisons with David Hasselhoff and KITT just don't stand up.

Though Kinky has returned home for a holiday, Pat Knox has other ideas. She contacts regarding hom the deaths of four old ladies who have died over the previous five months. Although the Sheriff, Frances Kaiser, has found nothing suspicious about any of them, Pat remains convinced they were murdered. She asks Kinky to look over her files and form an opinion - though he initially agrees with the Sheriff. However, his opinion starts to change when a fifth victim turns up - with her lips sewn shut.

This is the best of Kinky's books I've read to date - though, admittedly, I haven't read then all. He still delivers a fast-moving book, with more one-liners than you reasonably hope for, but it also has the benefit of a strong story. In addition, he writes with a strong sense of affection form the camp and the people who have helped out there over the years. His quips may not be to everyone's taste, but this is a book I thoroughly enjoyed.

The one that got me addicted.......2004-01-18

I forgot when or where I heard of Kinky Friedman, but this was the first of his mysteries I had ever read. His politically incorrect wit, his love for animals, and his writing style in general got me addicted. After reading this book, I have read almost all of his works and I hope he writes many more.

Refreshing change of scenery for the Kinster.......2002-05-13

I snarf down Kinky Friedman books like candy, Lord knows I do, but the last few leading up to Armadillos and Old Lace had started making me antsy for a new scenario or two. Kinky's adventures in the Big Apple have always been long on laughs and his special brand of folksy/freaky asides, but a little shy on new plot twists.

Adding fresh air to the series is this volume, which takes place over a summer on Kinky's Texas ranch. This neck of the woods is so gushingly dear to his heart that you can almost hear the children playing and the crickets chirping. A whole new cast of characters are on board to replace the irreplaceable Village Irregulars, including the Kinkster's father and a young green-eyed love interest. The cat, of course, comes along for the shaky ride and never fails to jump onto unfortunate spots on Kinky's sleeping body. Also keep an eye open for Kinky's new companion, a talking car that spouts bits of wisdom at appropriate times.

The "mystery" portion of our tale comes, as usual, almost as an afterthought, but it's an interesting one to say the least. Some old ladies are getting offed on their birthdays and the local judge and sheriff are clueless. What can you do? Bring in Kinky Friedman, amateur detective from the Big City. Who would've thought that you'd find serial killers and intrigue in Kerrville?

This was the best entry since Greenwich Killing Time and I laughed longer and louder than any of them. Kinky takes his time getting to the story, with plenty of tales of times gone by and bits of wisdom from the famous (and infamous) figures from his past. Kinky's vocabulary has, at this point, become almost another language filled with terms like "rain room", "agitato", "killer bee" (def: fantastic, usually referring to chicken fried steak), "taking a Nixon", and "Jewish shepherds".

You might not get it, but if you do you'll discover a friend for life in Kinky Friedman.

Love him or leave him on the shelf.......2001-12-20

Look - you either dig Kinky Friedman or not. He is rude, crude, at times lewd, always a dude. His New York digs could get a little claustophobic to me, so I was glad to see him head out to his family's home and kids' summer camp - Echo Hill Ranch. As usual, whatever he turns his hand to somehow evolves into grand highjinks, but everything works out in the end. This time he get's drawn into the suspiscious deaths of 4 little old ladies. No pony for Kinky - he rides the range in Dusty, his late mom's talking Chrysler looking for clues and trying not to join the old ladies on the other side of the rainbow. Needless to say, Justice (and Kinky) triumphs, but not before his usual stirring of the hornets nest investigative style makes him equal numbers of friends and enemies. Oh, go ahead and read it - you know you want to!

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Armadillos & Old Lace
Kinky Friedman
Manufacturer: Bantam Books, NY
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000O7W2E6

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Armadillos & Old Lace
Kinky Friedman
Manufacturer: Simon & Schuster
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000NUILCG

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Armadillos & Old Lace a Novel
DJ Design Janet Perr Kinky Friedman
Manufacturer: Simon & Schuster
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000JD1R14

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Armadillos & Old Lace
Kinky Friedman
Manufacturer: New York: Simon & Schuster, 1994
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000NXE4GA

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Armadillos & Old Lace - Signed copy
Kinky Friedman
Manufacturer: Faber & Faber
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000IXBZA8

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A New York newspaper veteran of more than 30 years and a contributor to such magazines as New York, Esquire, and Vanity Fair, Pete Hamill has collected his best articles in this stunning collection illuminating his insights and his grasp of the vital issues of our times. As he puts it in Piecework's subtitle, it's "Writings on Men and Women, Fools and Heroes, Lost Cities, Vanished Friends, Small Pleasures, Large Calamities, and How the Weather Was." And it's much more: evocative visits to Northern Ireland, Mexico and Vietnam; time spent with Sinatra, Jackie Gleason and Madonna; and thoughts on race, drugs, and the mob.

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A New York newspaper veteran of more than 30 years and a contributor to such magazines as New York, Esquire, and Vanity Fair, Pete Hamill has collected his best articles in this stunning collection illuminating his insights and his grasp of the vital issues of our times. As he puts it in Piecework's subtitle, it's "Writings on Men and Women, Fools and Heroes, Lost Cities, Vanished Friends, Small Pleasures, Large Calamities, and How the Weather Was."And it's much more: evocative visits to Northern Ireland, Mexico and Vietnam; time spent with Sinatra, Jackie Gleason and Madonna; and thoughts on race, drugs, and the mob.

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Valuable perspective.......2000-10-22

A recurring theme in "Piecework" is that America has become a place in which people no longer seem to have the basic toughness to accept life's hardships, and must therefore heap the blame upon everyone else.

The situation is made worse, Pete Hamill says, by television, which allows people to have deep emotional experiences without "earning" them. This attitude is summed up most effectively in two essays, "Letter to a Black Friend" and the disturbing "Endgame."

When Hamill isn't shaking his head at our collective mistakes, he is shining the spotlight on individuals -- as he does in solid features on Mike Tyson and Frank Sinatra -- or examining a city gone wrong, the Miami of the 1980s. Here, and throughout you see the keen observation skills, dogged research, and common sense that made Hamill a top-flight reporter first, an insightful columnist second.

Whether or not you share Pete Hamill's old-fashioned, hard-nosed worldview, you won't be able to deny that he expresses it brilliantly here.

Words in the hand of a master craftsman.......1999-09-10

Some beautiful writing--the kind of material you go back to over and over again just to see how he does it. The piece titled "Endgame" is worth the price of the book. It describes the craziness and the downward spiral of this splintered country of ours better than anything I've ever read.

Throw out your j-school textbook!.......1998-11-10

Here it is folks: How To Write 101. All you ever needed to know about writing columns is between these two covers, in my opinion.

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Heroes, Villains, and Fools
Orrin E. Klapp
Manufacturer: A Spectrum Book
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Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000OXBVOC

Heroes and Fools (Dragonlance Tales of the Fifth Age, Vol. 2)

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Most of the Stories are Excellent.
Nicely Varied
Not bad at all
good stories
"Much ado about magic" is pointless...but funny!

Heroes and Fools (Dragonlance Tales of the Fifth Age, Vol. 2)

Manufacturer: Wizards of the Coast
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ASIN: 0786913460
Release Date: 1999-07-01

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Heroes and Fools

A submarine trip to an island of ghosts. A band of fugitive actors. A deadly draconian who has had too much holiday punch. And veritable onslaught of dryads, shadow wights, and that rarest of all monsters, the dread forest boojum.

Also, from the team of Margaret Weis and Don Perrin, the latest adventure of Kang and his wayward troop of draconians.

In the proud tradition of the best-selling Dragonlance anthologies, Heroes and Fools promises a sometimes heroic -- sometimes foolish -- visit to the world of Krynn.

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Most of the Stories are Excellent........2002-01-09

If you pick this up, do not just judge the breadth of the novel by the first story or two. "Boojum, Boojum," the first short story, is pretty horribly written. But most of the rest of the stories are excellent, especially "Much Ado About Magic" and "To Convince the Righteous of the Right." If you are interested in the wheelings and dealings of the DragonLance fifth age, without becoming too bogged down by the main storylines, than this would be a perfect book for you.

Nicely Varied.......2001-03-21

This book unlike some other of the books of tales varies widely in it's selections. Some stories (Gone) are written differently and also don't have the basic ending. Others (To convince the righteous of the right) have a classic appeal to them. A third aspect of the dragonlance series that is in this book, humor, abounds and the gnomes and other races in Heroes and fools make themselves known. I believe this book to be one of the best tales books and I highly recommend it

Not bad at all.......2000-09-13

I really enjoyed this book. Most of the stories were good, but some were horribly average. My favorite was "Gone". The suspence was terrific and I loved every moment exept for the sudden end. Overall it was a very good book envolving mainly kender and knights. It was well worth the price.

good stories.......2000-04-19

I thought Heroes and Fools was a good collection of stories about the Fifth Age, I enjoyed Boojum,Boojum,Tree of Life,Songsayer,Nobless,Oblige,The Thief in the Mirror and since I have one story left I'm looking forwared to reading To Convince the Righteous of the Right the story of Kang and his band of Draconians. I've allways enjoyed the short stories about Kang. The only story I have not enjoyed is Gone by Roger E. Moore, Manly because the story is witten in Diary form and I hate that. If you enjoy reading the Dragonlance books and like short stories than this book is for you.

"Much ado about magic" is pointless...but funny!.......2000-01-03

So far (i've only read a few stories) "To convince the righteous of the right" and "much ado about magic" were the best. I have yet to finish it...but it's nott as good as war of the lance was so far or any of the other anthologies ive read.

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April fool heroes (Nelson novels)
Norma M Charles
Manufacturer: Nelson Canada
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Binding: Unknown Binding

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ASIN: 0812369254

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Fools and Heroes
P. Hruby
Manufacturer: Elsevier
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Binding: Hardcover

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Fools and Heroes: stories
Marta K. Iyer
Manufacturer: iUniverse, Inc.
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ASIN: 0595339514

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In ten stories, ranging in style from the quotidian to the surreal, our foolish heroes must ask themselves who they are, who they want, and who they want to be. The answers are somewhere in the space between image and reality, memory and dream; somewhere in the distance that separates our aspirations from our identities.

A lonely political idealist dreams of revolution: will she ever change the world? Or is she doomed to a mundane life of coffee, misdemeanors, and frustrated crushes?

In a skewed post-colonial dystopia, a half-breed falls afoul of the cultural purity police. Which part of her identity must she betray?

Customer Reviews:

OOPS!.......2001-01-23

I got the book as a gift. The author's signature and a little note is on it ... but I really haven't read it yet.

Heroes, Hacks, and Fools: Memoirs from the Political Inside

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Heroes, Hacks, and Fools: Memoirs from the Political Inside
Ted Van Dyk
Manufacturer: University of Washington Press
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ASIN: 0295987510

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Ted Van Dyk, a shrewd veteran of countless national political and policy fights, casts fresh light on many of the leading personalities and watershed events of American politics since JFK. He was a Pentagon intelligence analyst during the Berlin Crisis of 1961 and an aide to Jean Monnet and other leaders of the European movement before serving at the Johnson White House as Vice President Humphrey's senior advisor and alter ego. He was involved in that administration's Great Society triumphs and its Vietnam tragedy.

In the late 1960s, Van Dyk moved to Columbia University as vice president to help quell campus disorders which threatened the university. Over a period of 35 years he was a senior advisor to presidential candidates Humphrey, McGovern, Carter, Ted Kennedy, Mondale, Hart, and Tsongas; contributed regular essays to the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, Fortune, and other national publications; and led two national think tanks. In 2001 the Bellingham, Washington, native returned to the Northwest to write a regular editorial-page column for the Seattle Post-Intelligencer.

Van Dyk's memoirs contain many previously untold stories from an historic period of national politics, portray brilliant and not-so-brilliant leaders and ideas, and also illuminate politics' darker side. They bring to life the flawed realities and enduring opportunities of public policymaking in our time.

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Boys today are simply not learning as well as girls
Boys receive 700f the Ds and Fs given all students
Boys cause 900f classroom discipline problems
800f all high school dropouts are boys
Millions of American boys are on Ritalin and other mind-bending control drugs
Only 400f college students are boys
And three out of four learning disabled students are boys

So what can we do?

Gurian has the answer in this enormously fascinating and practical book which shows parents and teachers how to help boys overcome their current classroom obstacles by helping to create the proper learning environment, understand how to help boys work with their unique natural gifts, nurture and expand every bit of their potential, and enabling them to succeed in life the way they ought to.

Gurian presents a whole new way of solving the problem based on the success of his program in schools across the country, the latest research and application of neuro-biological research on how boys' brains actually work and how they can learn very well if they're properly taught.

Anyone who cares about the future of our boys must read this book.

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Michael Gurian's blockbuster bestseller The Wonder of Boys is the bible for mothers, fathers, and educators on how to understand and raise boys. It has sold over 400,000 copies, been translated into 17 languages, and sells over 25,000 every year, which is more than any other book on boys in history. To follow up on this first book, which launched the boy's movement, he has now written this revolutionary new book which confronts what he and a lot of other parents and teachers in this country truly believe to be a ""boy's crisis"". Here are the facts: Boys today are simply not learning as well as girls Boys receive 70% of the Ds and Fs given all students Boys cause 90% of classroom discipline problems 80% of all high school dropouts are boys Millions of American boys are on Ritalin and other mind-bending control drugs Only 40% of college students are boys And three out of four learning disabled students are boys So what can we do? Gurian has the answer in this enormously fascinating and practical book which shows parents and teachers how to help boys overcome their current classroom obstacles by helping to create the proper learning environment, understand how to help boys work with their unique natural gifts, nurture and expand every bit of their potential, and enabling them to succeed in life the way they ought to Gurian presents a whole new way of solving the problem based on the success of his program in schools across the country, the latest research and application of neuro-biological research on how boys' brains actually work and how they can learn very well if they're properly taught. Anyone who cares about the future of our boys must read this book.

Customer Reviews:

I understand him better now..........2007-09-26

As a mother of a young boy(5) who is experiencing several of the symptoms described in the book (disliking school, lack of participation, academic difficulties, occasional disruptive behavior, etc), this book has helped me, if nothing else, to be more empathetic, understanding and patient towards him. This in itself is worth a solid recommendation for the book. Our sons need love, support and understanding, despite the aggravation that their behaviour sometimes causes. In a world where teachers and doctors are quick to diagnose ADHD and prescribe drugs, this book also equipped me to have better discussions with doctors and teachers. It does not provide a quick fix, but strong support along the journey.

Highly Recommended - with one fault to note..........2007-04-18

This book has really helped open my eyes and understand more about boys. It is an excellent resource I have read more than once and I have recommended to friends and school teachers as well. It should be mandatory reading for teachers and counslers, and a definite read for all parents with boys. The only downside I found to this book, is the fact that it is written using complex terms and is very lengthy. Therefore, I think this book can be intimidating to the majority of people/teachers/parents. This book would be even more wonderful if it were written, in a simpler version, to reach out to the general masses who need help. It is also sad to note that the majority of health insurances will not cover a PET brain scan in relation to ADD/ADHD test. These companies would rather waste the money/time on pschological reviews and prescriptions, rather than utilize a clear-cut, physically determinable answer such as the scan. It makes one wonder how much doctors/insurance companies get for prescription kick backs and how much they stand to lose if the PET scan is used.

Enlightened - opened my eyes and mind........2007-03-23

Having a daughter as a first born, and she being an almost perfect child, receiving compliments about her from all directions, I thought this boy of mine was - well I was confused. I was attempting different types of disciplinary actions yet it never worked for him, or rather me. Then, having read the book, I see him in a most different light. Learning to accept him as just another boy, and I am sure his teachers had told me that he is just another boy, yet I did not comprehend the idea, until reading this book. Accepting this fact, I now approach my son differently, and he sees me differently, and we enjoy each other's company to a higher level than before. I am thoroughly grateful that I was able to find such a great book that helps me understand and bond closer to my son.

Boys Really Are Different.......2007-03-22

If you have boys this is a great book. It has helped me understand my sons more than ever. Great suggestions for school, too.

I simply can't express my gratitude..........2007-02-20

to the author for writing this book! I truly also can't add anymore to the rave reviews this book has received. I can only say that this book is fantastic and has helped us understand "the minds of boys" tremendously! We've given several copies to our son's school for the teachers' library. Thank you, for a super book!

The Minds of Boys: Saving Our Sons from Falling Behind in School and Life.(Book review): An article from: Childhood Education

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The Minds of Boys: Saving Our Sons from Falling Behind in School and Life.(Book review): An article from: Childhood Education
Andrea F. Rosenblatt
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Southern Cooking as I know it and a little bit I didn't know.

Not just a cookbook -- a sociological foray

What A GREAT Cookbook

Do it again.

No trailer required

White Trash Cooking II: Recipes for Gatherin's
Ernest Matthew Mickler
Manufacturer: Ten Speed Press
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Binding: Spiral-bound

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Southern Cooking as I know it and a little bit I didn't know........2007-08-16

Wonderfully funny and good recipes,too. I have both White Trash cookbooks and will not trade them or lend them to anyone. I just buy them one.

Not just a cookbook -- a sociological foray.......2002-07-05

Just as in the original "White Trash Cooking", there are recipes here, but more of an emphasis on cooking for groups. The various situations that call for group food are presented -- quilting bees, funerals, reunions, obligatory holidays. Each chapter is prefaced by a short story illustrating the heart of white trash. The photos are truly astounding, and as in the first book, a big part of the book's appeal. These people don't ever apologize for being white-trash -- they're simple, unvarnished, and neighborly. So is their food.

The recipes are even more outrageously white-trashy than in the first book -- while there are several recipes I tried from the first, there aren't as many that I'd call accessible in this one. I also find dialect-writing difficult to follow. Still, the last chapter is truly touching: An eloquent plea for people to cook with their own hands, instead of relying on store-bought "mummafied" food. Well said!

What A GREAT Cookbook.......2002-05-19

I have both White Trash Cookin' Books and have given them as gifts. The stories as well as the recipes will have you in stitches. The recipes are good eats too. Highly recommend this book.

Do it again........2001-12-17

If you've seen #1, then this is more of the same. The stories are so good, you'll laugh out loud. The photographs are also great, though I prefer those in #1 by a smidgeon. Oh, yea, there are recipes in this one too. I like the ones that say, "you can mess with this and it will turn out fine." I'm not much of a cook, though my husband is.

No trailer required.......2000-06-21

They aren't kidding when they say white trash. It's a beautiful thing! It's tacky, tacky, tacky and a pure joy. the stuff under "sinkin' spells" has a special fondness in my heart. These are recipes you will return to. You have two choices with this book. Either show it to people and have a good laugh or keep it hidden away and never tell a soul. You can't do anything half way with this book.

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