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Mostly true a memoir of family, food, and baseball

Molly O'Neill's father believed that baseball was his family's destiny. He wanted enough sons for an infield, so he married the tallest woman in Columbus, Ohio. Molly came along first, but eventually her father's plan prevailed: five boys followed in rapid succession and the youn...

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Main Author: O'Neill, Molly.
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: New York : Scribner, c2006.
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O'Neill, Molly.
Women food writers > Biography.
Summary: Molly O'Neill's father believed that baseball was his family's destiny. He wanted enough sons for an infield, so he married the tallest woman in Columbus, Ohio. Molly came along first, but eventually her father's plan prevailed: five boys followed in rapid succession and the youngest, Paul O'Neill, did, in fact, grow up to be the star right fielder for the New York Yankees. Here, celebrated food critic and writer O'Neill tells the story of her quintessentially American family and the places where they come together--around the table and on the ball field. This is the chronicle of a regular family pursuing the American dream and of one girl's quest to find her place in a world built for boys.--From publisher description.
Physical Description: 288 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
ISBN: 0743232682
Author Notes: Molly O'Neill is the food columnist for the New York Times Sunday Magazine and a reporter for the style section of the New York Times. For ten years she worked as a chef and studied cooking at La Verenne in Paris. Twelve years ago she began writing for a living, first as a columnist at Boston Magazine, then at Food and Wine Magazine. In 1984, she became the restaurant critic for New York Newsday and moved to the New York Times in 1989. She has been nominated for Pulitzer Prize two times. Her first book, The New York Cookbook, won both the Julia Child/IACP and James Beard Awards. Her title One Big Table made the N.Y. Times Bestseller list for 2010.

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