The Ungarnished Truth by Ellie Mathews - ISBN: 9780425225783
Paperback
With a dash of self-deprecating humor and a pinch of biting social commentary, Mathews takes readers with her on her roller coaster ride to the top of the food chain as the Pillsbury Bake-Off] prizewinner.

The Ungarnished Truth

A Cooking Contest Memoir

$52.73

  • Paperback

    288 pages

  • Release Date

    3 March 2009

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Summary

A woman, a chicken dinner, a million dollars-and a romp through the heartland of America’s competitive cooking culture.When Ellie Mathews entered her Salsa Couscous Chicken in the venerable Pillsbury Bake-Off, she never imagined she’d win the grand prize. Immediately after Alex Trebek announced that her dish had won a million dollars, she was thrown into the limelight. Booked with Oprah and Rosie-even photographed for the New York Times in a vest made of ostrich feathers-she instantly became …

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780425225783
ISBN-10:042522578X
Author:Ellie Mathews
Publisher:Penguin Putnam Inc
Imprint:Penguin USA
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:288
Release Date:3 March 2009
Weight:263g
Dimensions:208mm x 140mm x 20mm
What They're Saying

Critics Review

A page-turner.

“A page-turner.”
-Seattle Post- Intelligencer

“Enthusiastic and sharp.”
-Kirkus Reviews

“With graceful writing, Mathews takes us behind the scenes at the Bake-Off.”
-Minneapolis Star Tribune

About The Author

Ellie Mathews

Ellie Mathews has been entertaining-and winning-cooking competitions off and on for fifteen years. She is also a short-story writer and the author of a prize-winning novel for young readers, “The Linden Tree,” and a nonfiction book based on her grandfather’s 1913 journey to Antarctica, “Ambassador to the Penguins,”

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