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...smaller, practically becomes a character in and of itself. She is generally a warm, charming woman, but when angered, she reverts to her roots and, in her children's words, "comes over all Florida" (a Belseyism for going postal). In another work she might be reduced to a Big Momma from central casting, but while Kiki is humorous she is never laughable. The book's lyrical skill, and the sweeping mix of ages, races and personal histories that populate the pages, is reminiscent of White Teeth. But On Beauty does not try to duplicate either the breakneck speed...
...They say they can only take the momma and the baby and the daddy,” Kathy LeJeune said...
...even in the yuppie culture, the power of nostalgia is not to be denied. In contrast to the subtle refinements of new American cooking is the current fad for hefty, rough-around-the-edges, down-home or "Momma" cooking, encompassing a variety of regional and ethnic styles. What is regarded as Momma cooking in one part of the country is a bold new taste sensation a few hundred miles away...
Down-home fare is already the subject of several timely cookbooks, including Miss Mary's Down-Home Cooking by Diana Dalsass (New American Library), Prudhomme's Louisiana Kitchen (Morrow) and Joan Nathan's An American Folklife Cookbook (Schocken). The most impassioned paean to Momma cooking is Jane and Michael Stern's Square Meals (Knopf). In their march down memory lane, the authors celebrate dishes from what many people rightfully consider the Dark Ages of American eating: tuna casseroles sauced with canned mushroom soup, Back-to-Bataan Spam and patently disgusting creations like a cabbage-apple-and-pickle salad with evaporated...
...this new-old cooking, the late James Beard, an early champion of American food, said, "It doesn't matter if it's regional, Momma or Aunt Hattie. If it's good, it's worth saving." But he warned that the conserving must be done with expertise. Many hope that New York Times Food Editor Craig Claiborne is equally correct with his prediction: "I don't think we're going back to plain old pot roast. We're not going back to Jell-O That's ridiculous...