"blake murphy" > wrote in message
...
>>> On Mon 21 Jan 2008 02:33:57a, Christine Dabney told us...
>>>
>>> > Heya folks,
>>> >
>>> > I am up late at night again, reading food blogs. And I just found
>>> > this essay...
>>> >
>>> > This is an undiscovered til now essay by the late great Edna
>>> > Lewis...sent to Gourmet Magazine and just published. This really
>>> > resonates with me, and I post the link here for all you other
>>> > southerners and would-be southerners...
>>> >
>>> > http://www.gourmet.com/magazine/2000...southern_lewis
>>> >
>>> > Christine
>>> >
>
> not exactly on topic, but i would enthusiastically recommend to any
> student of the south the writings of florence king:
>
> <http://www.amazon.com/Confessions-Failed-Southern-Lady-Florence/dp/0312050631/ref=pd_bbs_sr_4?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1201120640&sr= 8-4>
>
> or for an omnibus, 'the florence king reader':
>
> <http://www.amazon.com/Florence-King-Reader/dp/0312143370/ref=pd_bbs_7?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1201120640&sr=8-7>
>
> very, very funny lady, though she qualifies as a right-winger. an
> excellent prose stylist as well. a quote: 'no matter which sex i
> slept with, i never smoked in the street.'
>
> your pal,
> blake


I haven't heard anyone mention her name in years. I read her first few
books, and I believe she used to have an article at the end of a magazine.
I know that I did like her years ago and DH and I had some good laughs out
of her writings. I can't remember much about her politics; just mores.

Dee Dee