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.
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 Jelly Pierogis 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
Mark McWilliams, PhD, is associate professor of English at the United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, MD.
McWilliams (English, US Naval Academy) presents a 48-entry history
of American foods, from apple pie through Waldorf salad. . . .
Summing Up: Recommended. Students of all levels,
professionals/practitioners, and general readers.
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