![]() Featuring broad strokes and a warm palette, Porter's softly focused, stylized paintings help convey the family's energy and camaraderie. Always add a cup of tradition from your papa's family to a cup from your mama's side." Five recipes-including one for the pickles-appear at the end. This prompts Aunt Poogee to advise the girl later, "Sharing food is a good way of sharing family…. When Hope serves her pickles (she has inserted a peppermint stick into each), she announces that a cousin "on my papa's side" taught her how to make the dessert. As she offers a rundown of the various dishes on the table, Monk emphasizes the fact that each comes from a family recipe (e.g., "Aunt Frances had brought her family recipe corn pudding"). But come to think of it, so are you," a cousin comments. Into the relative- and food-filled house, Hope carries a box holding her contribution to the feast: pickles. Hope and her parents gather with members of her mother's extended family at Aunt Poogee's farm for their annual summer reunion. ![]() Returns for a sequel, which again revolves around her ethnicity as the child of a white father and an African-American mother. ![]()
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