9781594488658
The Food of a Younger Land: A Portrait of American Food--Before the National Highway System, Before Chain Restaurants, and Before Frozen Food, when the Nation's Food was Seasonal
Mark Kurlansky
ISBN 13: 9781594488658
Publisher: Riverhead Books
Publication Date: 2009
Binding: Hardcover
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"Fun, illuminating, and provocative....Kurlansky selected zesty writings, factual and imaginative, describing barbecues, fries, and feasts....The [entries] are vivid and playful dispatches from pre-interstate, pre-fast-food America, when food was local and cuisine regional."
Donna Seaman, Booklist, 03/15/2009
Review:"[T]his extraordinary collection...provides a vivid and revitalizing sense of the rural and regional characteristics and distinctions that we've lost and can find here again."
Publishers Weekly, 03/16/2009
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Book Description: Riverhead Books, United States, 2009. Hardback. Book Condition: New. Mark Kurlansky (illustrator). 231 x 163 mm. Brand New Book with Free Worldwide Delivery. A remarkable portrait of American food before World War II, presented by the "New York Times"-bestselling author of "Cod" and "Salt." Award-winning "New York Times"-bestselling author Mark Kurlansky takes us back to the food and eating habits of a younger America: Before the national highway system brought the country closer together; before chain restaurants imposed uniformity and low quality; and before the Frigidaire meant frozen food in mass quantities, the nation's food was seasonal, regional, and traditional. It helped form the distinct character, attitudes, and customs of those who ate it. In the 1930s, with the country gripped by the Great Depression and millions of Americans struggling to get by, FDR created the Federal Writers' Project under the New Deal as a make-work program for artists and authors. A number of writers, including Zora Neale Hurston, Eudora Welty, and Nelson Algren, were dispatched all across America to chronicle the eating habits, traditions, and struggles of local people. The project, called "America Eats," was abandoned in the early 1940s because of the World War and never completed. "The Food of a Younger Land" unearths this forgotten literary and historical treasure and brings it to exuberant life. Mark Kurlansky's brilliant book captures these remarkable stories, and combined with authentic recipes, anecdotes, photos, and his own musings and analysis, evokes a bygone era when Americans had never heard of fast food and the grocery superstore was a thing of the future. Kurlansky serves as a guide to this hearty and poignant look at the country's roots. From New York automats to Georgia Coca-Cola parties, from Arkansas possum-eating clubs to Puget Sound salmon feasts, from Choctaw funerals to South Carolina barbecues, the WPA writers found Americans in their regional niches and eating an enormous diversity of meals. From Mississippi chittlins to Indiana persimmon puddings, Maine lobsters, and Montana beavertails, they recorded the curiosities, commonalities, and communities of American food. Bookseller Inventory # AAC9781594488658 Bookseller & Payment Information | More Books from this Seller | Ask Bookseller a Question |
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