American Cuisine - And How It Got This Way (Paperback)

Hailed as a "grand theory of the American appetite" (Rien Fertel, Wall Street Journal), food historian Paul Freedman's American Cuisine demonstrates that there is an exuberant, diverse, if not always coherent, American cuisine that reflects the history of the nation itself. Combining historical rigor and culinary passion, Freedman underscores three recurrent themes-regionality, standardization, and variety-that shape a "captivating history" (Drew Tewksbury, Los Angeles Times) of American culinary habits from post-colonial days to the present. The book is also filled with anecdotes that will delight food lovers: * how dry cereal was created by William Kellogg for people with digestive problems; * that Chicken Parmesan is actually an American invention; * and that Florida Key-Lime Pie, based on a recipe developed by Borden's condensed milk, goes back only to the 1940s. A new standard in culinary history, American Cuisine is an "an essential book" (Jacques Pepin) that sheds fascinating light on a past most of us thought we never had.

General

Imprint:	Liveright Publishing Corporation
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	October 2020
Authors:	Paul Freedman
Dimensions:	231 x 170 x 28mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	528
ISBN-13:	978-1-63149-816-9
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Biography & autobiography > General Books > Earth & environment > The environment > Management of land & natural resources Books > Health, Home & Family > Cookery / food & drink etc > National & regional cuisine Books > Language & Literature > Literature: texts > Essays, journals, letters & other prose works > General Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > Cultural studies > General Books > Health, Home & Family > Cookery / food & drink etc > General cookery > General Books > Food & Drink > General cookery > General Books > Food & Drink > National & regional cuisine Books > Biography > General
LSN:	1-63149-816-9
Barcode:	9781631498169

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