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A desert feast : celebrating Tucson's culinary heritage / Carolyn Niethammer ; foreword by Jonathan Mabry.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Niethammer, Carolyn J., author.
- Series:
- Southwest Center series
- The Southwest Center series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Gastronomy--Arizona--Tucson.
- Gastronomy.
- Cooking--Arizona--Tucson.
- Cooking.
- Natural foods--Arizona--Tucson.
- Natural foods.
- Tucson (Ariz.)--Social life and customs.
- Tucson (Ariz.).
- Manners and customs.
- Arizona--Tucson.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 212 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Tucson : The University of Arizona Press, 2020.
- Summary:
- "This book offers a food pilgrimage, where stories and recipes demonstrate why the desert city of Tucson became American's first UNESCO City of Gastronomy. You'll meet the farmers, small-scale food entrepreneurs, and chefs who are dedicated to making Tucson taste like nowhere else"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Prehistoric and Early History of Wild Foods: Eating Off the Land p. 7
- Traditional Early Agriculture: 4,000 Years in the Fields of the Santa Cruz Basin p. 23
- Europeans, Mexicans, and Chinese: Bringing New Foods and Traditions p. 41
- Gardening in the Desert: Growing Your Own Vegetables, Tucson Style p. 65
- Small-Scale Commercial Agriculture: Contracting Tucson's Foodshed p. 93
- Tucson's Artisan Food Producers p. 135
- Our Sonoran Culinary Heritage-It's a Tucson Thing! p. 157
- Food Justice p. 185.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the James Samuel Blank Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9780816538898
- 0816538891
- OCLC:
- 1152457810
- Publisher Number:
- 99985422713
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