Title

A culinary history of the Great Black Swamp : buckeye candy, bratwurst & apple butter / Nathan Crook.

Author

Crook, Nathan.

Publication

Charleston, SC : American Palate, 2013.

Supplementary Content

• Contributor biographical information
• Publisher description

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Details

Description

158 pages : illustrations, maps; 23 cm

Subjects

• Pioneers
• Cooking
• Food habits
• Pioneers > Michigan > History
• Pioneers > Maumee River Valley (Ind. and Ohio) > History
• Cooking > Michigan > History
• Food habits > Maumee River Valley (Ind. and Ohio) > History
• Cooking > Maumee River Valley (Ind. and Ohio) > History
• Cooking, American > History
• United States > Maumee River Valley
• History
• Food habits > Michigan > History
• Maumee River Valley (Ind. and Ohio) > History
• Michigan

Genre/Form

History.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 153-156) and index.

Contents

A land in flux. -- Shaping the landscape : geography of the Great Black Swamp -- Living off the land : Native Americans -- Exploring the land : French and British traders -- Shifting control of the land: the americans take over -- Naming the land: the Great Black Swamp -- The settlers. -- Settling the land : food traditions of the early European pioneers and settlers -- Altering the landscape : an era of canal networks and drainage systems -- Making the land their own : German Americans -- Diversifying the urban centers : Polish American food traditions -- Hungarian American food traditions -- Lebanese American food traditions -- Mexican American food traditions -- Contemporary food traditions. -- Old and new traditions : who eats this food? -- Contemporary food production: a mix of old and new methods -- Contemporary foraging : less about subsistence and more about recreation and sport -- Eating for community -- Celebrating local foods.

ISBN

• 9781609492908
• 1609492900

LCCN

2013043200

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library