American Food Writing: An Anthology With Classic Recipes by Molly O'Neill
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- ISBN 10 1598530054
- ISBN 13 9781598530056
- Linked ISBNs
- 9781598530414 Paperback (United States) 2/1/2009
- Published May 01 2007
- Format Hardcover
- Page Count 775
- Language English
- Countries United States
- Publisher Library of America
- Imprint Library of America
Publishers Text
In a groundbreaking new anthology, celebrated food writer Molly O'Neill gathers the very best from over 250 years of American culinary history. This literary feast includes classic accounts of iconic American foods: Henry David Thoreau on the delights of watermelon; Herman Melville, with a mouth-watering chapter on clam chowder; H. L. Mencken on the hot dog; M.F.K. Fisher in praise of the oyster; Ralph Ellison on the irresistible appeal of baked yam; William Styron on Southern fried chicken. American writers abroad, like A. J. Liebling, Waverly Root, and Craig Claiborne, describe the revelations they found in foreign restaurants; travellers to America, including the legendary French gourmet J. A. Brillat-Savarin, discover such native delicacies as turkey, Virginia barbecue, and pumpkin pie. Great chefs and noted critics discuss their culinary philosophies and offer advice on the finer points of technique; home cooks recount disasters and triumphs. A host of eminent American writers, from Nathaniel Hawthorne, Harriet Beecher Stowe, and Walt Whitman to Thomas Wolfe, Willa Cather, and Langston Hughes, add their distinctive viewpoints to the mix.Other cookbooks by this author
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- The Pleasure of Your Company: How To Give A Dinner Party Without Losing Your Mind
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