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

More than Mom's apple pie, peanut butter is the all-American food. With its rich, roasted-peanut aroma and flavor; caramel hue; and gooey, consoling texture, peanut butter is an enduring favorite, found in the pantries of at least 75 percent of American kitchens. Americans eat more than a billi...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Krampner, Jon, 1952- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Columbia University Press, [2013]
Colección:Arts and traditions of the table.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Peanuts 101
  • 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.