'White Trash Cooking' Becomes Recipe For 2019 James Beard Award

On Second Thought

EpisodeMay 6, 201917m

'White Trash Cooking' Becomes Recipe For 2019 James Beard Award

On Second Thought

EpisodeMay 6, 201917m

Ernest Matthew Mickler's White Trash Cooking was released in 1986 to mixed reviews. Some of the recipes in the cookbook include "Uncle Willie's Swamp Cabbage Stew," "Rabbit Pie" and "Broiled Squirrel." Critics wondered if the book was for shock value or if it was just another elitist dig at poor southerners. Michael Adno's profile of Mickler portrays a man who took pride in his disappearing southern heritage and in the food served by his Florida relatives and neighbors — the same people he felt rejected by as a gay man.

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