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Author Fisher, Carol, 1949-

Title Pot roast, politics, and ants in the pantry : Missouri's cookbook heritage / Carol Fisher and John Fisher
Published Columbia : University of Missouri Press, ©2008

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Description 1 online resource (x, 234 pages) : illustrations
Contents Cookbooks come to Missouri -- A taste of nineteenth-century publications -- Community cookbooks -- A serving of ethnic cookbooks -- Missouri cookbooks record history -- Individually authored and edited cookbooks -- Producer and festival cookbooks -- Company/product cookbooks -- Cookbooks from restaurants past and present -- World events and politics in Missouri cookbooks -- Kitchen medicine, housekeeping tips, and cookbook literature -- A final perspective -- Selected recipes
Summary "A revealing look at the history of Missouri cookbooks from the 1800s to today. From Julia Clark's simple frontier recipes to Irma Rombauer's encyclopedic Joy of Cooking to Missouri producers' online recipe collections, the Fishers show how cookbooks provide history lessons, document changing food ways, and demonstrate the cultural diversity of the state"--Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-224) and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Cooking -- History
Cooking -- Missouri -- History
Cooking -- Missouri -- Bibliography
COOKING -- History.
Cooking
Missouri
Genre/Form Bibliographies
History
Form Electronic book
Author Fisher, John C., 1949-
ISBN 9780826266347
0826266347