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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Krampner, Jon, 1952-

Contributor:

James Samuel Blank Fund.

Series:

Arts and traditions of the table

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Peanut butter--United States--History.

Peanut butter.

History.

United States.

Physical Description:

xv, 298 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York : Columbia University Press, [2013]

Contents:

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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the James Samuel Blank Fund.

ISBN:

0231162324

9780231162326

OCLC:

784708289

Publisher Number:

99951803815