Cookie Table, The : A Steel Valley Tradition.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Crosetto, Alice J.

Series:

American Palate

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cookies--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh--History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (135 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Chicago : The History Press, 2023.

Summary:

All you need is love and cookies. Everyone loves cookies, but the people of the Steel Valley take this love to another level. Nowhere else in America will you behold hundreds--or even thousands--of cookies piled high for events of all kinds. This is the regionally famous cookie table. But how did this tradition start? Why do residents of the Pittsburgh and Youngstown areas always create them not just for weddings but for birthdays, graduations, fundraisers, community events, and so much more? How did this once quaint local custom become a social media phenomenon? How are the cookies made, and how is a cookie table organized? Join author and cookie table enthusiast Alice Crosetto on a delectable journey through this beloved Steel Valley tradition.

Contents:

Intro

Title Page

Copyright

Contents

Acknowledgements

Introduction: Have a Cookie!

1. The Steel Valley: Western Pennsylvania and Northeast Ohio

2. The Iconic Cookie

3. Origins of the Cookie Table

4. Baking for the Cookie Table

5. Social Media

6. Beyond the Wedding Reception

7. Beyond the Steel Valley

8. The Celebrity Cookie Table Becomes a Symbol of the Steel Valley

Afterword. Plenty to Think About

Appendix A. The Cookies: Family Favorites and More

Appendix B. Every Day Is Cookie Day!: Cookie Holidays

Bibliography

About the Author.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

9781439677766

143967776X

OCLC:

1402701631