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Wharton, Rachel, author.
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Food -- United States -- History.
Cooking, American -- History.
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American food : a no...
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American food : a not-so-serious history / Rachel Wharton ; with illustrations by Kimberly Ellen Hall.
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Wharton, Rachel, author.
New York : Abrams Image, 2019.
Subjects
Food -- United States -- History.
Cooking, American -- History.
ISBN:
9781419738142 (hardcover) :
1419738143 (hardcover) :
Description:
174 pages : color illustrations ; 22 cm
Contents:
Introduction -- Ambrosia -- Blueberries -- Clams -- Donuts -- Eggs Benedict -- Fortune cookie -- Green Goddess -- Hot wings -- Italian sandwich -- Jell-O -- Ketchup -- Lunchbox -- Monterey Jack -- New Mexican red and green chiles -- Orange Julius -- Pepperoni -- Queso -- Redeye gravy -- Shrimp and grits -- T-bone steak -- Upside-down cake -- Vinegar pie -- The White Russian -- Xanthan gum -- Yellow mustard -- Zucchini bread -- Selected bibliography -- Acknowledgments -- Index.
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"A captivating and surprising tour of American food in all its variety, charm, and occasionally dubious lore. What can Buffalo wings, submarines and hoagies and heros, fortune cookie factories, yellow mustard, green chiles, and shrimp and grits reveal about Americans? Rachel Wharton and Kimberly Ellen Hall tell the compelling stories behind some of our most iconic foods and what they say about who we are - and who, perhaps, we are becoming"--
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Hawaii State Library
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Adult Nonfiction
641.30097 Wh
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Pearl City Public Library
Adult Nonfiction
641.30097 Wh
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