Sinkin Spells, Hot Flashes, Fits and Cravins (Hardcover)

~ Ernest M. Mickler (Author)

Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly

Mickler's White Trash Cooking helped lead the backlash against nouvelle cuisine fussiness: his "rococo-cola" recipes and southern-fried anecdotes re-enthroned the tackier aspects of American cooking and redneck life in general. Thanks to him, we don't question the value of good-old-boy-style eating as we once didand this seems to have put Mickler in a quandary. His new cookbook tries to carry on the White Trash tradition, focusing on both the eats and the human parade that accompany funerals, quilting bees, family reunion picnics and other "sacred and secular ceremonies." But the proud provincialism and hillbilly humor that propelled White Trash Cooking now seem stale, and the author's attempt to mimic regional argot palls quickly. Perusing the recipes, one suspects that cooks of the rural South deserve better than an extended joke on their fondness for Cool Whip. Recipes from the "Hawg Killins" chapters are the best; they return to a cooking heritage that thrived before the age of nondairy toppings and canned soups.
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Product Details

• Hardcover: 158 pages
• Publisher: Ten Speed Press (November 1, 1988)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0898152690
• ISBN-13: 978-0898152692
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 7.5 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,750,286 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This kind of cooking is elegance through simplicity!, August 2, 1998

By	Jude (Medford, OR) - See all my reviews

For the record, "Sinkin Spells, Hot Flashes, Fits and Cravins" is the original title for "White Trash Cooking II". They are one and the same. Whatever you do, regardless of the title you buy it under --- DO BUY IT!

I have the original "White Trash Cooking" and this is more of the same. Anyone can cook like this and you don't need all those expensive, fancy herbs and spices. In fact, you don't need much more than salt and pepper. I sit and read these cookbooks like novels. They remind me of my simple roots and I feel like these people are my people. These books are portals to honest and simple times, people and food.