Biography - Villas, James (1938-): An article from: ...
 Author: Gale Reference Team Binding: Digital Format: HTML Number Of Pages: 9 Publication Date: 2006-01-01 Release Date: 2007-12-16 [... more]
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Stalking the Green Fairy: And Other Fantastic Adventures ...
MSS from the Culinary Right Wing, Excellent Read.: This is the most recent work of culinary writing from James Villas, who was recently honored by `Bon Appetit' as Food Writer of the Year for 2003, an honor Jim richly deserves if only for the variety of [... more]
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Villas at Table: A Passion for Food and Drink (The ...
More Great Food Writing from an Old School star columnist: `Villas at Table' is the seventh James Villas book I have reviewed and I need to recant a bit my opinion of Villas' essays in my review of `Stalking the Green Fairy'. In this piece, I said Villas' [... more]
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French Country Kitchen: The Undiscovered Glories of ...
James Villas Finds True French Cooking: In the French Country Kitchen, James Villas goes beyond the basic French items known to Americans as French food, and further explores the true essence of French cooking in France. The introduction delves into the [... more]
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My Mother's Southern Kitchen: Recipes and Reminiscences
Amazon.com Review: James Villas' background is an unusual blend of Greek, Swedish and old American South, and this book combines the recipes and often-hilarious cooking tips of his genteel-yet-feisty mama, Martha Pearl (Martha Pearl says: "There's [... more]
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Stews, Bogs, And Burgoos: Recipes from the Great ...
This is an excellent book, with clear instructions.: Although I have only tried 3 of his stew recipes so far, plus a biscuit recipe, I can't wait to try the rest. His short ribs for example, are wonderfully ungreasy because you take them out of the [... more]
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My Mother's Southern Desserts : More Than 180 Treasured ...
Amazon.com Review: "I know we eat too many sweets in the South, but that's part of our tradition, and if I couldn't find reasons to celebrate with a beautiful cake, mousse or fruit crisp, I'd invent excuses." So says Martha Pearl Villas, whose [... more]
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My Mother's Southern Entertaining
Another winner from Martha Pearl!: I have all three of Martha Pearl's cookbooks, including this latest, and I love them all. She's witty, she's opinionated, and she's sometimes hilariously dictatorial ("Don't be uppity about using canned salmon if [... more]
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Between Bites: Memoirs of a Hungry Hedonist
Amazon.com Review: James Villas is in love with the notion of himself as a bon vivant. The food and wine editor of Town & Country magazine for many years, a cookbook author, and a contributor to Esquire, Villas has chronicled gourmet living through [... more]
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Crazy for Casseroles: 275 All-American Hot-Dish Classics
Bad recipes: This is a lovely, cheerfully written cookbook, and only one recipe I have prepared from it has been any good. The rest are boring and flavorless. I love casseroles, but I've finally given up on this book. Update 11/12/2007: OK, so I didn't [... more]
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Dancing In The Lowcountry
Poignant and insightful: "Dancing In The Lowcountry" is written with keen sensitivity and warmth. The bittersweet encounter between Ella's "old South" and the modern world is conveyed with keen insight to the tenderness and fragility [... more]
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The Glory of Southern Cooking
Fabulous!: A fabulous book. I have been seeking a good Southern cookbook for the past several years, ever since I borrowed Damon Lee Fowler's classic from the library and then later realized it was out of print. This one seems to cover all of the classic [... more]
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