America's Founding Food - Softcover

Stavely, Keith

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1469627140 ISBN 13: 9781469627144

Publisher: University of North Carolina Press, 2015

Synopsis

From baked beans to apple cider, from clam chowder to pumpkin pie, Keith Stavely and Kathleen Fitzgerald's culinary history reveals the complex and colorful origins of New England foods and cookery. Featuring hosts of stories and recipes derived from generations of New Englanders of diverse backgrounds, America's Founding Food chronicles the region's cuisine, from the English settlers' first encounter with Indian corn in the early seventeenth century to the nostalgic marketing of New England dishes in the first half of the twentieth century.

Focusing on the traditional foods of the region--including beans, pumpkins, seafood, meats, baked goods, and beverages such as cider and rum--the authors show how New Englanders procured, preserved, and prepared their sustaining dishes. Placing the New England culinary experience in the broader context of British and American history and culture, Stavely and Fitzgerald demonstrate the importance of New England's foods to the formation of American identity, while dispelling some of the myths arising from patriotic sentiment.

At once a sharp assessment and a savory recollection, America's Founding Food sets out the rich story of the American dinner table and provides a new way to appreciate American history.

About this title

From the Inside Flap:

In this unique culinary history, husband and wife team, Keith and Kathleen Stavely, tell how foodstuffs and foodways helped define a new nation. Lobsters, cod, beans, corn, pumpkins, apples, pork, turkey, cider and coffee are just some of the foods the Stavelys highlight in their lively story of New England cookery. From the landing at Pymouth Rock to the 1950s, New England's bounty came to represent American food.

About the Author:

Keith Stavely and Kathleen Fitzgerald--New Englanders, librarians, independent scholars, and husband and wife--live in Jamestown, Rhode Island. Stavely is director of Fall River (Mass.) Public Library and has written several books on Puritanism in both old and New England. Fitzgerald is a librarian at Newport (R.I.) Public Library.

Fitzgerald is a librarian at Newport (R.I.) Public Library.

About this edition

• Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 1469627140
• ISBN 13: 9781469627144
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 408