The Food of a Younger Land: The Southwest Eats : a Portrait of American Food--before the National Highway System, Before...
- ISBN-10
- 1101101156
- ISBN-13
- 9781101101155
- Series
- The Food of a Younger Land
- Category
- Cooking, American
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2009
- Author
- Mark Kurlansky
Description
Using long-forgotten WPA files archived in the Library of Congress, 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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