The story behind the dish : fifty classic American foods / Mark McWilliams.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McWilliams, Mark.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cooking, American--History.

Cooking, American.

Food habits--United States--History.

Food habits.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (272 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Santa Barbara : Greenwood, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Profiling 48 classic American foods ranging from junk and fast food to main dishes to desserts, this book reveals what made these dishes iconic in American pop culture.

Contents:

Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Apple Pie; Bagels; Baked Beans; Barbecue; Brownies; Buffalo Wings; Cheesesteaks; Chili; Chocolate Chip Cookies; Clambake; Cobblers and Bettys, Slumps and Grunts; Cobb Salad; Cornbread; Corn Flakes; Crab Cakes and Lobster Rolls; Cracker Jack; Fortune Cookies; Fried Chicken; Fried Green Tomatoes; Frozen Custard, Soft Serve, and Ice Cream; Fry Bread; Grits; Gumbo; Ham Biscuits; Hamburgers; Hoagies and Subs; Hot Dogs; Hunter's Stews: Burgoo and Brunswick Stew; Ice Cream Cones; Macaroni and Cheese; Meat Loaf; Pasties

Peanut Butter and JellyPierogis; Pizza; Po'Boys; Potato Chips; Pumpkin Pie; Rice and Beans: From Hoppin' John to Moors and Christians; Scrapple; Shoofly Pie; Strawberry Shortcake; Sweet Potato Pie; Tacos; Tomato Soup; Tuna Noodle Casserole; Turkey and Stuffing; Waldorf Salad; Suggestions for Further Reading; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9798216149491

9786613523501

9781280119415

1280119411

9780313385100

0313385106

OCLC:

879549654