Eating Vivian ... YUM

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Deep Run Roots: Stories and Recipes from My Corner of the South Vivian Howard  October 4, 2016 Little, Brown I'm a big fan of A Chef's Life (PBS).  If you've watched any episodes for the past year or two, you know that Vivian has been working on a cookbook. The current series was filmed last year, so I wondered whether it's been published.  It was, in October.  Cover price is $40; Amazon is asking $26.  Since I'm more than a little pissed with Amazon boss Jeff Bezos and his band of snowflakeyTrump bashing employees,  I checked the competition..  Google Play, Barns and Nobel, etc, want $16.95. Google offered a  generous sampling.  Did I say generous? I started to stroll through it last night, and was caught up by Vivian's narrative.  I mean, even without any recipes it was compelling.  That went on, and on, and ... .  And, hummm, even all the recipes were included.  Evidently, however, somebody caught the mistake, and today it's back to "samples."  Here, below, a smattering of  what's inside. FULL