But Mama Always Put Vodka in Her Sangria!: Adventures in Eating, Drinking, and Making Merry
“If this doesn't make you hungry, and thirsty, call the doctor, you are sick.”– Roy Blount Jr. “Julia Reed is on the loose again, this time discoursing as savvily and fearlessly and hilariously as always on the unquestionable superiority of Southern cookery, the social status of the gin martini, Spanish paprika, and a few dozen other matters of some urgency.  With each collection of essays, ‘Miss Julia’ just gets better and better, a voice that never loses its originality, freshness, and supreme wit.”—James Villas, author ofPig: King of the Southern Table, andCrazy for Casseroles