Catalog Search Results
2) Retro recipes from the '50s and '60s: 103 vintage appetizers, dinners, and drinks everyone will love
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Griffin
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Publisher
Riverhead Books
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Description
Using long-forgotten WPA files archived in the Library of Congress, bestselling author Mark Kurlansky paints a detailed picture of Depression Era Americans through the food that they ate and the local traditions and customs they observed when planning and preparing meals.
Author
Publisher
Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
A history of the evolution of the American restaurant chef in the 1970s and 1980s, from the pioneers behind Chez Panisse, Spago, and other landmarks to the young cooks like Mario Batali, Tom Colicchio, and Bobby Flay who went on to become household names. Told through the perspectives not only of the pioneering chefs but also of line cooks, front-of-house personnel, investors, and critics who had front-row seats to this extraordinary transformation....
10) Women in the kitchen: twelve essential cookbook writers who defined the way we eat, 1661 to today
Author
Publisher
Scribner
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Culinary historian Anne Willan traces the origins of American cooking through profiles of twelve essential women cookbook writers 'from Hannah Woolley in the mid-1600s to Fannie Farmer, Julia Child, and Alice Waters' highlighting their key historical contributions and most representative recipes... Anne Willan, multi-award-winning culinary historian, cookbook writer, cooking teacher, and founder of La Varenne Cooking School in Paris, explores the...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"With an ambitious sweep over two hundred years, Paul Freedman's lavishly illustrated history shows that there actually is an American cuisine. For centuries, skeptical foreigners-and even millions of Americans-have believed there was no such thing as American cuisine. In recent decades, hamburgers, hot dogs, and pizza have been thought to define the nation's palate. Not so, says food historian Paul Freedman, who demonstrates that there is an exuberant...
Publisher
The Digital Press at the University of North Dakota
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"Sharing recipes is a form of intimate conversation that nourishes body and soul, family and community. Backstories: The Kitchen Table Talk Cookbook integrates formal scholarship with informal reflections, analyses of recipe books with heirloom recipes, and text with images to emphasize the ways that economics, politics, and personal meaning come together to shape our changing relationships with food. By embracing elements of history, rural studies,...
Interlibrary Loan Request
Didn't find what you need? Items not owned by Des Moines Public Library can be requested from other libraries to be delivered to your local library for pickup.
Didn't find it?
Can't find what you are looking for? If the item was published recently, submit a purchase suggestion. Submit Request