A remarkable portrait of American food before World War II,
presented by the "New York Times"abestselling author of "Cod" and
"Salt."
Award-winning "New York Times"abestselling author Mark Kurlansky
takes us back to the food and eating habits of a younger America:
Before the national highway system brought the country closer
together; before chain restaurants imposed uniformity and low
quality; and before the Frigidaire meant frozen food in mass
quantities, the nationas food was seasonal, regional, and
traditional. It helped form the distinct character, attitudes, and
customs of those who ate it.
In the 1930s, with the country gripped by the Great Depression and
millions of Americans struggling to get by, FDR created the Federal
Writersa Project under the New Deal as a make-work program for
artists and authors. A number of writers, including Zora Neale
Hurston, Eudora Welty, and Nelson Algren, were dispatched all
across America to chronicle the eating habits, traditions, and
struggles of local people. The project, called aAmerica Eats, a was
abandoned in the early 1940s because of the World War and never
completed.
"The Food of a Younger Land" unearths this forgotten literary and
historical treasure and brings it to exuberant life. Mark
Kurlanskyas brilliant book captures these remarkable stories, and
combined with authentic recipes, anecdotes, photos, and his own
musings and analysis, evokes a bygone era when Americans had never
heard of fast food and the grocery superstore was a thing of the
future. Kurlansky serves as a guide to this hearty and poignant
look at the countryas roots.
From New York automats to Georgia Coca-Cola parties, from Arkansas
possum-eating clubs to Puget Sound salmon feasts, from Choctaw
funerals to South Carolina barbecues, the WPA writers found
Americans in their regional niches and eating an enormous diversity
of meals. From Mississippi chittlins to Indiana persimmon puddings,
Maine lobsters, and Montana beavertails, they recorded the
curiosities, commonalities, and communities of American food.
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