The Food of a Younger Land: The WPA's Portrait of Food in Pre-World War II America
Bestselling author Mark Kurlansky paints a detailed picture of Depression Era Americans through the food that they ate and the local traditions and customs they observed when planning and preparing meals.
Bestselling author Mark Kurlansky paints a detailed picture of Depression Era Americans through the food that they ate and the local traditions and customs they observed when planning and preparing meals.
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Format: ebook
ISBN:
9781101057124 (1101057122)
Publish date: May 14th 2009
Publisher: Riverhead Books
Pages no: 480
Edition language: English
Category:
Non Fiction,
Writing,
Essays,
History,
Food And Drink,
Food,
American History,
Cookbooks,
Cooking,
Foodie,
Food Writing,
Food History
Series: The Food of a Younger Land
Growing up in the 1980s and 1990s, I grew up on a blend of midwestern and Texan food (my parents come from opposite parts of the country) and as much junk food as I could sneak past my mom. (Sorry, mom.) I ate casseroles, Tex-Mex (Mexican food as interpreted by Texans), what my dad called “southern ...
Interesting, I just don't have the patience for it right now.
This was more of a 2 1/2 - some bits were interesting, but there's only so many meat barbecues I'm interested in reading about. Also the library wanted it back - I mostly skimmed the last 1/2 of it. There were some interesting stories about native American foods. The whole time capsule feel of som...
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