JULIA REED grew up in Greenville, Mississippi. She is a contributing editor and writer at The Wall Street Journal and Elle Décor Magazine. She has also written for The New York Times Magazine, among other publications. Reed divides her time between New Orleans and New York City.
“[A] rambunctiously charming essay collection . . . as refreshing
and bracing as a mint julep . . . Even the most hopeless Yankee
will have no trouble getting in touch with her inner Poultry
Princess.”
–Vogue
“[An] effervescent collection of essays . . . charming . . .
amusing.”
–The New York Times Book Review
"Julia Reed is right on target about the South-its food, its hair,
its guns, its pests, even the tendency of southern women to kill
their husbands and get away with it. She's clear-eyed, raucously
funny, and a natural story teller, which makes her something of a
southern phenomenon herself."
-John Berendt, author of Midnight in the Garden of Good and
Evil
“Julia Reed’s affectionate and hilarious observations of the Deep
South and Southerners past and present are a delight to read.”
–Fannie Flagg, author of Standing in the Rainbow
“Julia Reed is a Southern original. Her writing is funny and
addictive, blending the street smarts of Greenville, Mississippi,
where 'girls are taught to drink Scotch and smoke cigarettes and
drive a car by the time they are twelve,' with the sophistication
of a globe-trotting journalist. Julia's favorite subjects are
Southern--fashion, politics, and above all food, which she
describes with irresistable affection, knowledge and delight. If
you've ever doubted that Southern food is our greatest gastronomic
treasure, be prepared to learn the truth."
-Jeffrey Steingarten, author of It Must Have Been Something I
Ate
"Queen of the Turtle Derby and Other Southern Phenomena will be a
delight for all Southern readers (all about our favorite
subject–us) and an educational tome for Unfortunate Others. It
helps explain that We are, after all, just like Them–only funnier
and better-looking."
-Jill Conner Browne, The Sweet Potato Queens' Big-Ass Cookbook (and
Financial Planner)
"I had some crab dip that Julia Reed made once that I would have
eaten all of in one sitting, if I had been sitting, and if the
other party guests hadn't dragged me off of it. This book is that
good."
-Roy Blount Jr., author of author of Crackers and If Only You Knew
How Much I Smell You
“Not since Eudora Welty has anybody captured in such sophisticated,
often mordant prose the brave, gracious, perverse, reckless,
God-fearing Southern soul like Julia reed. Whether she’s holding
forth on fried chicken and catfish, guns, booze, cockfights,
pestilence, or Southern womanhood, Reed loads both barrels and
never misses the target. As a Carolina Tarheel, I rejoiced,
cringed, marveled, and laughed myself sick at Reed’s outrageous
tales and savvy insights, and I defy anybody–Southerner and Yankee
alike–to come up for are after reading the first chapter.”
-James Villas, author of Between Bites and My Mother's Southern
Kitchen
“This is a wise and tender book. Julia Reed is a loving defender of
the South. Long may she live and write. She understands the deep
seriousness that underlies our Scotch-Irish, English, and African
roots."
-Ellen Gilchrist, author of I, Rhoda Manning, Go Hunting With My
Daddy: And Other Stories
"[A] rambunctiously charming essay collection . . . as refreshing
and bracing as a mint julep . . . Even the most hopeless Yankee
will have no trouble getting in touch with her inner Poultry
Princess."
-Vogue
"[An] effervescent collection of essays . . . charming . . .
amusing."
-The New York Times Book Review
"Julia Reed is right on target about the South-its food, its hair,
its guns, its pests, even the tendency of southern women to kill
their husbands and get away with it. She's clear-eyed, raucously
funny, and a natural story teller, which makes her something of a
southern phenomenon herself."
-John Berendt, author of Midnight in the Garden of Good and
Evil
"Julia Reed's affectionate and hilarious observations of the Deep
South and Southerners past and present are a delight to read."
-Fannie Flagg, author of Standing in the
Rainbow
"Julia Reed is a Southern original. Her writing is funny and
addictive, blending the street smarts of Greenville, Mississippi,
where 'girls are taught to drink Scotch and smoke cigarettes and
drive a car by the time they are twelve,' with the sophistication
of a globe-trotting journalist. Julia's favorite subjects are
Southern--fashion, politics, and above all food, which she
describes with irresistable affection, knowledge and delight. If
you've ever doubted that Southern food is our greatest gastronomic
treasure, be prepared to learn the truth."
-Jeffrey Steingarten, author of It Must Have Been
Something I Ate
"Queen of the Turtle Derby and Other Southern Phenomena will
be a delight for all Southern readers (all about our favorite
subject-us) and an educational tome for Unfortunate Others. It
helps explain that We are, after all, just like Them-only funnier
and better-looking."
-Jill Conner Browne, The Sweet Potato Queens' Big-Ass
Cookbook (and Financial Planner)
"I had some crab dip that Julia Reed made once that I would have
eaten all of in one sitting, if I had been sitting, and if the
other party guests hadn't dragged me off of it. This book is that
good."
-Roy Blount Jr., author of author of Crackers and
If Only You Knew How Much I Smell You
"Not since Eudora Welty has anybody captured in such sophisticated,
often mordant prose the brave, gracious, perverse, reckless,
God-fearing Southern soul like Julia reed. Whether she's holding
forth on fried chicken and catfish, guns, booze, cockfights,
pestilence, or Southern womanhood, Reed loads both barrels and
never misses the target. As a Carolina Tarheel, I rejoiced,
cringed, marveled, and laughed myself sick at Reed's outrageous
tales and savvy insights, and I defy anybody-Southerner and Yankee
alike-to come up for are after reading the first chapter."
-James Villas, author of Between Bites and My
Mother's Southern Kitchen
"This is a wise and tender book. Julia Reed is a loving defender of
the South. Long may she live and write. She understands the deep
seriousness that underlies our Scotch-Irish, English, and African
roots."
-Ellen Gilchrist, author of I, Rhoda Manning, Go Hunting
With My Daddy: And Other Stories
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