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Praise for Hallelujah! The Welcome Table “Now the truth is evident: Poet and literary legend Maya Angelou is as mighty with her spoon and spatula as she is with her world-renowned pen.” —Chicago Sun-Times “Hallelujah! The Welcome Table—a cookbook in a sense that there are recipes—is the poet’s life laid out like a colorful banquet.” —Milwaukee Journal Sentinel “Warning: Don’t read Maya Angelou’s new book while hungry. …This cookbook is a tour-de-force collaboration of two of Angelou’s major passions—writing and cooking.” —Ebony “Readers of this book will find not only a wealth of dishes that will allow them to set aside their own problems and to procrastinate by whipping up cakes, pies and fried chicken, but a close-up, personal glimpse of a compelling writer and her family.” —New York Daily News “Poet Maya Angelou serves up a feast for lovers of food and great stories … an evocative work.” —San Francisco Chronicle “It is not surprising when a culinary life is played out in the pages of a book with recipes. But when the life of a poet-autobiographer, already revealed through verse and narrative, comes even more alive through plumes of aromas, a palette of flavors and a recipe box of memories, a cookbook is something else.” —Seattle Post-Intelligencer “Hallelujah! The Welcome Table is more than a collection of printed recipes … it’s a humorous and poignant memoir graced by good food.” —El Paso Times Also by Maya Angelou Autobiography I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings Gather Together in My Name Singin’ and Swingin’ and Gettin’ Merry Like Christmas The Heart of a Woman All God’s Children Need Traveling Shoes A Song Flung Up to Heaven Essays Wouldn’t Take Nothing for My Journey Now Even the Stars Look Lonesome Poetry Just Give Me a Cool Drink of Water ’fore I Diiie Oh Pray My Wings Are Gonna Fit Me Well And Still I Rise Shaker, Why Don’t You Sing? I Shall Not Be Moved On the Pulse of Morning Phenomenal Woman The Complete Collected Poems of Maya Angelou A Brave and Startling Truth Amazing Peace Mother Celebrations Children’s Books My Painted House, My Friendly Chicken, and Me Kofi and His Magic Picture Books Now Sheba Sings the Song Life Doesn’t Frighten Me Dedication I dedicate this book to every wannabe cook who will dare criticism by getting into the kitchen and stirring up some groceries. To O, who said she wanted a big, pretty cookbook. Well, honey, here you are. Acknowledgments To all the great cooks whose food I have eaten and whose recipes I have read and whose stories I have heard. My thanks to Bettie Burditte, Patricia Casey, Frances Berry, Sterling Baker, and Rosa Johnson Butler, who helped me at all hours for months to compile the recipes. I am proud that frustration did not cause them to move abroad and change their names. I thank my entire family for trusting me in the kitchen. And a salute to Brian Lanker, who helped me see clearly the images of foods that were becoming fuzzy in my memory. Here’s to Brian Daigle, who drove my bus so steadily across the U.S.A. that Lydia Stuckey and I could cook everything from baked acorn squash to zucchini gratinée. A salute to Chef Don McMillan, who, at the drop of a toque, stepped in and helped me tremendously. Thank you all. Maya Angelou Contents Pie Fishing Lemon Meringue Pie Meringue Chicken and Dumplings Bouquet Garni Drop Dumplings Fried Yellow Summer Squash Green Peas and Lettuce The Assurance of Caramel Cake Caramel Cake Caramel Syrup Caramel Frosting Coconut Cake Coconut Frosting Chocolate Fudge Momma’s Grandbabies Love Cracklin’ Cracklin’ Crackling Corn Bread Momma’s Rich Beef Stew Collard Greens Potato Salad Towers Over Difficulties Cold Potato Salad Fried Chicken Snow-White Turnips Mustard and Turnip Greens with Smoked Turkey Wings Pickled Peaches Buttermilk Biscuits Liver to Grow On Liver and Onions Recipes from Another Country Wilted Lettuce Independence Forever Fried Meat Pies Early Lessons from a Kitchen Stool Bread Pudding My Big Brother’s Savings Account Bailey’s Smothered Pork Chops Smoked Pork Chops Braised Cabbage with Ginger Cabbage with Celery and Water Chestnuts Short Ribs à la the Big Easy Braised Short Ribs of Beef Mother’s Long View Red Rice Roasted Capon Good Banana, Bad Timing Banana Pudding

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From Publishers Weekly Readers familiar with Angelou's *I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings* will find what may be the secret ingredient of her success in this collection of tear- and laughter-provoking vignettes with 73 savory recipes. Here's Angelou's grandmother's Chicken and Dumplings, Crackling Cor