Pearl Bailey

"This memoir cuts across worlds, years and the vast spectrum of people that Terkel has known, from workers to famous stars, from Nobel Prize winners to ordinary folk ... Terkel uses some of the methods that have made his radio programs so famous. He cuts from a visit to Chief Luthuli in South Africa to a memoir of the McCarthy period, from growing up among the petty gangsters of Chicago in the thirties to confronting the bigger gangsters of our political life in the sixties, from acting in a radio soap opera to discussing film with Fellini ..."

A maple seedling becomes separated from his mother tree, makes friends with a bottle and a log, and searches for his own place in life.

Pearl's Kitchen contains about a hundred recipes, from Pearl Bailey's own specialties ("Lamb chops Simpin Else," "Hamburger All The Way," "Macaroni and Cheese If I Say So Myself") to favorite recipes from friends who range from Mom and Pop Frank, fans she has never met but with whom she corresponds, to Bing Crosby, Carol Burnett, Tony Bennett (his mother's lasagna), Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., Burt Reynolds, Perle Mesta, and Victor Borge. Pearl likes to keep eveything simple and reliable; these are recipes every cook will enjoy making. She also likes to keep everything economical. --From publisher description.