James Villas (1938–2018)
Autor von The Glory of Southern Cooking
Über den Autor
James Milton Villas was born in Charlotte, North Carolina on February 10, 1938. He received a bachelor's degree, a master's degree, and a doctorate in Romance languages and comparative literature from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He taught French Romanticism at the University of mehr anzeigen Missouri and Rutgers University before switching careers. After several of his freelance articles were accepted by food and travel magazines, he was hired as an assistant editor at Esquire. He was the food and wine editor of Town & Country magazine from 1972 until 1999. He wrote 12 cookbooks including My Mother's Southern Kitchen: Recipes and Reminiscences, Pig: King of the Southern Table, and Southern Fried: More Than 150 Recipes for Crab Cakes, Fried Chicken, Hush Puppies, and More. He won four James Beard Awards for his prolific and tart commentary in books and magazines. He also wrote a memoir entitled Between Bites: Memoirs of a Hungry Hedonist and several novels including Dancing in the Lowcountry, Hungry for Happiness, and Love Dog. He died on August 17, 2018 at the age of 80. (Bowker Author Biography) weniger anzeigen
Werke von James Villas
The Bacon Cookbook: More than 150 Recipes from Around the World for Everyone's Favorite Food (2007) 64 Exemplare
Biscuit Bliss: 101 Foolproof Recipes for Fresh and Fluffy Biscuits in Just Minutes (2003) 61 Exemplare
Southern Fried: More Than 150 recipes for Crab Cakes, Fried Chicken, Hush Puppies, and More (2013) 41 Exemplare
My Mother's Southern Desserts : More Than 200 Treasured Family Recipes for Holiday and Everyday Celebration (1998) 27 Exemplare
By James Villas - My Mother's Southern Kitchen: Recipes and Reminiscences (1994-10-08) [Paperback] (1994) 1 Exemplar
American Taste (A Celebration of Gastronomy Coast-To-Coast) by James Villas (1982) Paperback (1709) 1 Exemplar
Bon Appetit 1978.11 1 Exemplar
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- Rechtmäßiger Name
- Villas, James Milton
- Geburtstag
- 1938-02-10
- Todestag
- 2018-08-17
- Geschlecht
- male
- Nationalität
- USA
- Geburtsort
- Charlotte, North Carolina, USA
- Sterbeort
- East Hampton, New York, USA
- Wohnorte
- East Hampton, New York, USA
Charlotte, North Carolina, USA - Ausbildung
- University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
- Berufe
- food writer
cookbook author - Organisationen
- Town & Country
University of Missouri
Rutgers University
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- #25,851
- Bewertung
- 3.5
- Rezensionen
- 25
- ISBNs
- 47
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- 1
From the book jacket: Ella Dubose is a Southern lady of a certain age – an age at which memories of youth can rush in at every turn and overwhelm the present. But while Ella’s two younger children are concerned for her health and want to limit her independence, Ella – elegant, unconventional, and unrepentantly willful – has very different ideas. And she’s not about to be controlled by anyone, not when there are tasks she needs to complete and loose ends that must be tied. The first step is to leave her family and take a road trip back to the places where key chapters of her life unfolded.
My reactions
I was hoping for a charming, “old Southern lady” romp of a story. Instead, I got a tedious, repetitive meander that went nowhere. I have no idea why Villas included Goldie, Miss Ella’s companion, and especially have no idea why he chose to make her a Native American, other than to give some people an excuse to call her Squaw and Ella a reason to chastise them for that.
I did like all the references to the music of the ‘40s and ‘50s. I’ll give him an extra ½ star for that, though it wasn’t enough to save the book for me.… (mehr)