Kentucky's Cookbook Heritage : Two Hundred Years of Southern Cuisine and Culture

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Food is a significant part of our daily lives and can be one of the most telling records of a time and place. Our meals -- from what we eat, to how we prepare it, to how we consume it -- illuminate our culture and history. As a result, cookbooks present a unique opportunity to analyze changing foodw...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Van Willigen, John
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Lexington : The University Press of Kentucky, 2014.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Cooking, American > Southern style.
Cooking.
Cookbooks.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > South (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV)
COOKING > General.
Cuisine americaine du Sud.
Cooking > Kentucky > Bibliography.
Cooking > Kentucky > History > 19th century.
Cooking > Kentucky > History.
Kentucky.
Livres de cuisine.
History.
Bibliographies.
cookbooks.
Cookbook
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:Food is a significant part of our daily lives and can be one of the most telling records of a time and place. Our meals -- from what we eat, to how we prepare it, to how we consume it -- illuminate our culture and history. As a result, cookbooks present a unique opportunity to analyze changing foodways and can yield surprising discoveries about society's tastes and priorities. In Kentucky's Cookbook Heritage, John van Willigen explores the state's history through its changing food culture, beginning with Lettice Bryan's The Kentucky Housewife (originally published in 1839). Considered.
Physical Description:1 online resource (306 pages).
ISBN:9780813146911

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