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Creamy & crunchy : an informal history of peanut butter, the all-American food / Jon Krampner.

by Krampner, Jon, 1952-

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New York : Columbia University Press, c2013.

Peanut butter -- United States -- History.

9780231162326 (cloth : alk. paper) :

0231162324 (cloth : alk. paper)

Arts and traditions of the table.

xv, 298 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Peanuts -- The social rise of the peanut -- The birth of peanut butter -- Peter Pan : "improved by hydrogenation" -- How Peter Pan lost its groove -- Skippy : "he made his first jar of peanut butter in his garage" -- Skippy on top -- Jif : "but is it still peanut butter?" -- "Choosy moms choose..." -- Peanut butter goes international -- The music of peanut butter -- Deaf Smith : what's old-fashioned is new again -- The rise and fall of the florunner -- The peanut butter crisis of 1980 -- "You mean it's not good for me?" -- The short, happy life of Sorrells Pickard -- Peanut Corporation of America : "there was no red flag" -- Peanut butter saves the world -- Where are the peanut butters of yesteryear? -- Appendix 1: Author's recommendations -- Appendix 2: Peanut butter time line.

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