Pulitzer Prize-winning author Rick Bragg has written a memoir about his Southern upbringing. Growing up in Possum Trot, Alabama, Bragg’s palate was irrevocably shaped by his mother’s “blue collar” style of Southern cooking.
The front cover of "The Best Cook in the World: Tales from My Momma's Table" by Rick Bragg
Pulitzer Prize-winning author Rick Bragg. Photo credit: Steven Forster
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