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  • The Invention of the Restaurant: Paris and Modern Gastronomic Culture, with a New Preface by Spang, Rebecca L.
    Rebecca L. Spang

    The Invention of the Restaurant: Paris and Modern Gastronomic Culture, with a New Preface

    Winner of the Louis Gottschalk PrizeWinner of the Thomas J. Wilson Memorial Prize "Witty and full of fascinating details."--Los Angeles Times Why are there restaurants? Why would anybody consider eating alongside perfect strangers in a loud and crowded room to be an enjoyable pastime?...
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  • Grandma's Wartime Baking Book: World War II and the Way We Baked by Hayes, Joanne Lamb
    Joanne Lamb Hayes

    Grandma's Wartime Baking Book: World War II and the Way We Baked

    Learn to Make Classic American Pies, Cakes and Tarts It is dawn of the 1940s and America is in the midst of a difficult war. The women of the Home Front are dealing with shortages of sugar, butter, canned goods and a host of...
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  • Eating the Empire: Food and Society in Eighteenth-Century Britain by Bickham, Troy
    Troy Bickham

    Eating the Empire: Food and Society in Eighteenth-Century Britain

    When students gathered in a London coffeehouse and smoked tobacco; when Yorkshire women sipped sugar-infused tea; or when a Glasgow family ate a bowl of Indian curry, were they aware of the mechanisms of imperial rule and trade that made such goods readily available?...
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  • French Cooking in Early America by Mitchell, Patricia B.
    Patricia B. Mitchell

    French Cooking in Early America

    Possibly the best brief history of the foodways of early French settlers in America, French Cooking in Early America, utilizes primary source materials to explain the dietary habits and cooking techniques of Gallic immigrants. Generous endnotes detail sources of information for scholars, and actual...
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  • South African Culinary Heritage: A Table Of Culinary Heritage and Sincere Conversations by Molefe, Eunice Rakhale
    Eunice Rakhale Molefe

    South African Culinary Heritage: A Table Of Culinary Heritage and Sincere Conversations

    Culinary heritage is a phrase that incorporates the following: The origins of plants, herbs, animals and their distribution; the places where people first refined, enriched plants and domesticated animals. Identification of the earliest locations where people first processed, prepared, sold and ate food. These...
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  • IronHorse Cookery by Brush Design, Bassett and
    Bassett and Brush Design

    IronHorse Cookery

    Produced to remember and honor those hard-as-steel railroad people who helped build the American West - and cooked on the railroads - Iron Horse Cookery Cookbook is about cooking in the firebox of a steam locomotive. The recipes were actually cooked in the firebox...
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  • The Court and Country Cook by Massialot
    Massialot

    The Court and Country Cook

    ..".giving New and Plain Directions How to Order all manner of Entertainments, and the best sort of the most exquisite a-la-mode Ragoo's. Together with New Instructions for Confectioners: Shewing How to Preserve all sorts of Fruits, as well dry as liquid: Also, How to...
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  • A Gastronomic Vade Mecum: A Christian Field Guide to Eating, Drinking, and Being Merry Now and Forever by Montgomery, John Warwick
    John Warwick Montgomery

    A Gastronomic Vade Mecum: A Christian Field Guide to Eating, Drinking, and Being Merry Now and Forever

    Vade-mecums are guide books you carry with you. They have been around forever and are common in Europe for all sorts of things. The Latin term literally means "go with me". Here, Dr. Montgomery invites you to go with him as he explores the...
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  • Ditching the Drive-Thru by Winch, J. Natalie
    J. Natalie Winch

    Ditching the Drive-Thru

    After an exhausting day at work, hitting the drive-thru or nuking a pre-fab meal is all too often the go-to decision for feeding a family. Cooking a meal from scratch using fresh ingredients can seem beyond the average person's time, energy, or financial means....
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  • Cooking up a Story: Authentic Local Tales and Recipes from St. Augustine Florida by Errege, S. C.
    S. C. Errege

    Cooking up a Story: Authentic Local Tales and Recipes from St. Augustine Florida

    A collection of delightful stories and mouthwatering recipes as told to the author by locals of St. Augustine, Florida, the nation's oldest City. The author is a descendent of the city's Minorcan Colony that arrived in Florida in 1768. Her stories are related in...
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  • Coffee for One: How the New Way to Make Your Morning Brew Became a Tempest in a Coffee Pod by Fallon, Kj
    Kj Fallon

    Coffee for One: How the New Way to Make Your Morning Brew Became a Tempest in a Coffee Pod

    Reminiscent of God in a Cup and The Devil's Cup, this is an inside look into the modern business of making coffee. But rather than a general history, Coffee for One focuses on the revolution that made single serve such a popular way to...
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  • The Tale of John Barleycorn: Or from Barley to Beer by Azarian, Mary
    Mary Azarian

    The Tale of John Barleycorn: Or from Barley to Beer

    John Barleycorn must die--so everyone agrees from the ploughmen to the tinker in this exquisitely illustrated edition of the old English ballad. But who will prove to be the strongest man at last? Hand-colored woodcuts by artist Mary Azarian bring the tale of John...
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  • The Mongo Mango Cookbook by Thuma, Cynthia
    Cynthia Thuma

    The Mongo Mango Cookbook

    If you've never tried mangoes, you're in for a treat. Not only are mangoes light, delicious, and juicy, they go with anything from grilled pork chops to ice cream. Discover mouth-watering recipes that feature mangoes in salads, meat and seafood dishes, desserts, drinks, and...
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  • The Bread and the Knife: A Life in 26 Bites by Drzal, Dawn
    Dawn Drzal

    The Bread and the Knife: A Life in 26 Bites

    "You'll wish the alphabet had more letters just so Dawn Drzal would keep on writing."--Laura Shapiro, author of What She Ate, Julia Child, Something from the Oven, and Perfection Salad As it was for M. F. K. Fisher in The Gastronomical Me, food is...
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  • Columbus Beer: Recent Brewing and Deep Roots by Schieber, Curtis
    Curtis Schieber

    Columbus Beer: Recent Brewing and Deep Roots

    Brewing in Columbus began more than two centuries ago. The taps were only turned off during Prohibition and the short pause that preceded the modern craft beer explosion. For generations, names such as Hoster, Born, Schlee and Wagner secured staunch local loyalty for their...
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  • More Mountain Spirits:: A Continuing Chronicle of Southern Appalachian Corn Whiskey, Wines, Ciders and Beers by Dabney, Joseph Earl
    Joseph Earl Dabney

    More Mountain Spirits:: A Continuing Chronicle of Southern Appalachian Corn Whiskey, Wines, Ciders and Beers

    Originally published in 1985, More Mountain Spirits" is a companion volume to Joseph Dabney's American classic "Mountain Spirits." More mountain moonshine stories and characters on both sides of the law come to life alongside intoxicating recipes for brandy, wine and beer made from every...
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  • Louisiana Crawfish:: A Succulent History of the Cajun Crustacean by Irwin, Sam
    Sam Irwin

    Louisiana Crawfish:: A Succulent History of the Cajun Crustacean

    The hunt for red crawfish is the thing, the raison d'etre, of Acadian spring. Introduced to Louisiana by the swamp dwellers of the Atchafalaya Basin, the crawfish is a regional favorite that has spurred a $210 million industry. Whole families work at the same...
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  • A Culinary History of Pittsburg County: Little Italy, Choctaw Beer and Lamb Fries by Cathey, David
    David Cathey

    A Culinary History of Pittsburg County: Little Italy, Choctaw Beer and Lamb Fries

    Long before the era of the foodie, the little coal-mining town of Krebs set the standard for celebrating food in Oklahoma. Its reputation as the Sooner State's Little Italy began in the mid-1870s when Italian immigrants chased the coal boom to Pittsburg CAuthor: David...
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  • A Curious History of Vegetables: Aphrodisiacal and Healing Properties, Folk Tales, Garden Tips, and Recipes by Storl, Wolf D.
    Wolf D. Storl

    A Curious History of Vegetables: Aphrodisiacal and Healing Properties, Folk Tales, Garden Tips, and Recipes

    Featuring gardening tips, recipes, and beautiful full-color pencil drawings of each vegetable, this book for farm-to-fork aficionados and gardeners with an esoteric bent explores the secret history of 48 well known and rare vegetables, examining their symbolism, astrological connections, healing properties, and overall character....
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  • Taproots of Tennessee: Historic Sites and Timeless Recipes by Patterson, Lynne Drysdale
    Lynne Drysdale Patterson

    Taproots of Tennessee: Historic Sites and Timeless Recipes

    What was served at President James K. Polk's White House dinners? What foods graced the table of John Sevier, Tennessee's First Governor? In Taproots of Tennessee, Lynne Drysdale Patterson answers these questions and more, exploring nearly two centuries of Tennessee foodways. Readers will discover...
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  • Picnic Time: Vintage-Inspired Recipes & Handy Hints by Swell, Barbara L.
    Barbara L. Swell

    Picnic Time: Vintage-Inspired Recipes & Handy Hints

    Let's have a picnic First, we'll craft a picnic basket from vintage treasures and fill it with classic and creative picnic fare. Then we're off to backyard, forest, roadside or campfire to enjoy festive sandwiches, garden slaws, fire roasted spreads, homemade raspberry marshmallows and...
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  • Stuart's Fancy Drinks and How to Mix Them: Containing Clear and Practical Directions for Mixing All Kinds of Cocktails, Sours, Egg Nog, Sherry Cobbler by Stuart, Thomas
    Thomas Stuart

    Stuart's Fancy Drinks and How to Mix Them: Containing Clear and Practical Directions for Mixing All Kinds of Cocktails, Sours, Egg Nog, Sherry Cobbler

    Originally published in 1896 by Thomas Stuart, "Stuart's Fancy Drinks and How to Mix Them" is an exceptional collection of delicious classic cocktails, including multiple ways of serving absinthe, champagne, gin, beer, and whiskey. There is even a chapter of "temperance" drinks and another...
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  • Rum: A Global History by Foss, Richard
    Richard Foss

    Rum: A Global History

    "Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum " A favorite of pirates, the molasses-colored liquid brings to mind clear blue seas, weather-beaten sailors, and port cities filled with bar wenches. But enjoyment of rum spread far beyond the scallywags of the Caribbean--Charles Dickens...
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  • Apple: A Global History by Janik, Erika
    Erika Janik

    Apple: A Global History

    Gravenstein. Coe's Golden Drop. Mendocino Cox. The names sound like something from the imagination of Tolkien or perhaps the ingredients in a dubious magical potion rather than what they are--varieties of apples. But as befits their enchanting names, apples have transfixed and beguiled humans...
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  • Pie: A Global History by Clarkson, Janet
    Janet Clarkson

    Pie: A Global History

    Apple pie. Pumpkin pie. Shepherd's pie. Chicken potpie. Sweet or savory, pies are beloved; everyone has a favorite. Yet despite its widespread appeal there has never been a book devoted to this humble dish--until now. Janet Clarkson in Pie illustrates how what was once...
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  • Food, Drink and Identity: Cooking, Eating and Drinking in Europe Since the Middle Ages by Scholliers, Peter
    Peter Scholliers

    Food, Drink and Identity: Cooking, Eating and Drinking in Europe Since the Middle Ages

    Food and drink have provided fascinating insights into cultural patterns in consumer societies. There is an intimate relationship between food and identity but processes of identity formation through food are far from clear. This book adds a new perspective to the existing body of...
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  • Writing Food History: A Global Perspective by Claflin, Kyri W.
    Kyri W. Claflin

    Writing Food History: A Global Perspective

    The vibrant interest in food studies among both academics and amateurs has made food history an exciting field of investigation. Taking stock of three decades of groundbreaking multidisciplinary research, the book examines two broad questions: What has history contributed to the development of food...
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  • Tastes of Byzantium: The Cuisine of a Legendary Empire by Dalby, Andrew
    Andrew Dalby

    Tastes of Byzantium: The Cuisine of a Legendary Empire

    For centuries, the food and culinary delights of the Byzantine empire - centred on Constantinople - have captivated the west, although it appeared that very little information had been passed down to us. Andrew Dalby's "Tastes of Byzantium" now reveals in astonishing detail, for...
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  • Biscuits and Cookies: A Global History by Edwards, Anastasia
    Anastasia Edwards

    Biscuits and Cookies: A Global History

    What's your favorite cookie (or biscuit, for any British baking show buffs)? Chocolate chip, ginger spice, or Oreo? Oatmeal-and-raisin, black-and-white, digestive, or florentine? Or do you just prefer the dough? Our choice biscuits and cookies are as diverse as the myriad forms and flavors...
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  • Garlic, an Edible Biography: The History, Politics, and Mythology Behind the World's Most Pungent Food--With Over 100 Recipes by Cherry, Robin
    Robin Cherry

    Garlic, an Edible Biography: The History, Politics, and Mythology Behind the World's Most Pungent Food--With Over 100 Recipes

    Featuring over 100 delicious, garlic-laden recipes, this culinary biography offers a tour through the colorful history of one of the world's most timeless ingredients Garlic is the Lord Byron of produce, a lusty rogue that charms and seduces you but runs off before dawn,...
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  • New Mexico Wine: An Enchanting History by Birchell, Donna Blake
    Donna Blake Birchell

    New Mexico Wine: An Enchanting History

    Every vine has a story, and nearly four hundred years ago, New Mexico's wine journey began when the first Mission grapes were planted in 1629. Taste this rich legacy, the oldest in the United States, in Donna Blake Birchell's account of the turmoil and...
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  • The Abalone King of Monterey: Pop Ernest Doelter, Pioneering Japanese Fishermen & the Culinary Classic That Saved an Industry by Thomas, Tim
    Tim Thomas

    The Abalone King of Monterey: Pop Ernest Doelter, Pioneering Japanese Fishermen & the Culinary Classic That Saved an Industry

    In 1908, "Pop" Ernest Doelter was crowned the Abalone King. In the kitchen of his Alvarado Street restaurant in Monterey, California, Pop transformed rubbery gastropods into an epicurean delight. Working with red abalone collected by Monterey's community of Japanese divers, Pop dipped the foot...
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  • Baltimore Beer: A Satisfying History of Charm City Brewing by Kasper, Rob
    Rob Kasper

    Baltimore Beer: A Satisfying History of Charm City Brewing

    Join Rob Kasper as he uses interviews, stunning vintage images and a few recipes to pop the cap on Charm City's brewing history.Since Mary Pickersgill sewed Old Glory on the floor of a local brewery, Baltimore has been a beer-drinking town. At the turn...
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  • New Jersey Wine:: A Remarkable History by Westrich, Sal
    Sal Westrich

    New Jersey Wine:: A Remarkable History

    New Jersey has produced wine since the 1700s and throughout the history of the state. Grab a glass and enjoy the history of the grape in the Garden State.The finely aged story of New Jersey wine is older than the United States itself. As...
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  • The Art of American Whiskey: A Visual History of the Nation's Most Storied Spirit, Through 100 Iconic Labels by Rothbaum, Noah
    Noah Rothbaum

    The Art of American Whiskey: A Visual History of the Nation's Most Storied Spirit, Through 100 Iconic Labels

    A visual history of American whiskey, as told through hundreds of whiskey bottle labels, from early, pre-Prohibition-era days to the present. Just as wine is to the French or beer is to the Germans, whiskey--especially bourbon and rye--is an integral part of the history...
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  • The Craft of Stone Brewing Co.: Liquid Lore, Epic Recipes, and Unabashed Arrogance by Koch, Greg
    Greg Koch

    The Craft of Stone Brewing Co.: Liquid Lore, Epic Recipes, and Unabashed Arrogance

    From the craft favorite brewery, a guide to making the best beer at home, with accompanying recipes and insider lore. Since its inception in 1996, Stone Brewing Co. has been the fastest growing brewery in the country. Beer lovers gravitate to its unique line-up,...
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  • The Physiology of Taste by Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin
    Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin

    The Physiology of Taste

    An unabridged, digitally enhanced printing with updated layout and typeface. Chapters include, but are not limited to: THE SENSES - Number of the Senses - Action of the Senses - Perfectness of the Senses - Powers of the Taste - Object of the Action...
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  • A History of North Carolina Wines: From Scuppernong to Syrah by Helsley, Alexia Jones
    Alexia Jones Helsley

    A History of North Carolina Wines: From Scuppernong to Syrah

    Take a journey through the long and exciting history of North Carolina grapes and vines. The state's native grapes grew with a wild abandon that uniformly impressed early explorers. Wine production, however, is another story--one with peaks and valleys and switchbacks. Alexia Jones Helsley...
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  • Jersey Shore Food History: Victorian Feasts to Boardwalk Treats by Schnitzspahn, Karen L.
    Karen L. Schnitzspahn

    Jersey Shore Food History: Victorian Feasts to Boardwalk Treats

    Author: Karen L. SchnitzspahnISBN-10: 1540231194ISBN-13: 9781540231192Publisher: History Press Library EditionsLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/16/2012Pages: 210Format: HardcoverWeight: 0.99lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.50d
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  • Lost Restaurants of Central Ohio and Columbus by Hayes, Christine
    Christine Hayes

    Lost Restaurants of Central Ohio and Columbus

    From remote diners to downtown political havens, the restaurants of central Ohio satisfied palates for generations. In the era of Sunday drives before interstates, fabulous family-owned restaurants were the highlight of the trip. Sample the epicurean empires established by Greek, Italian, German and Chinese...
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  • Richmond's Culinary History: Seeds of Change by Egan, Maureen
    Maureen Egan

    Richmond's Culinary History: Seeds of Change

    Richmond's culinary history spans more than four hundred years and includes forgotten cooks and makers who paved the way for Richmond's vibrant modern food scene. The foodways of local Indian tribes were pivotal to the nation. Unconventional characters such as Mary Randolph, Jasper Crouch,...
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  • A History of Connecticut Wine: Vineyard in Your Backyard by Lehman, Eric D.
    Eric D. Lehman

    A History of Connecticut Wine: Vineyard in Your Backyard

    Wine has been meticulously crafted in Connecticut ever since colonists discovered wild grapes growing on their land. At first glance the New England climate appears inhospitable for this fastidious fruit but a number of varieties thrive here, including pinot gris, chardonnay, cabernet franc, cayuga...
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  • Upper Hudson Valley Beer by Gravina, Craig
    Craig Gravina

    Upper Hudson Valley Beer

    The Upper Hudson Valley has a long and full-bodied brewing tradition. Arriving in the 1600s, the Dutch established the area as a brewing center, a trend that continued well into the eighteenth century despite two devastating wars. The Erie Canal helped develop Albany into...
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  • A Savory History of Arkansas Delta Food: Potlikker, Coon Suppers & Chocolate Gravy by Grisham, Cindy
    Cindy Grisham

    A Savory History of Arkansas Delta Food: Potlikker, Coon Suppers & Chocolate Gravy

    Up and down the Arkansas Delta, food tells a story. Whether the time Bill Clinton nearly died on the way to a coon dinner or the connections made over biscuits and gravy or the more common chicken and dumpling feuds, the area is no...
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  • California Vines, Wines & Pioneers by Monahan, Sherry
    Sherry Monahan

    California Vines, Wines & Pioneers

    Grab your glass and take to the wine trail with food genealogist Sherry Monahan as she traces the roots of California's Vines, Wines & Pioneers." While cowboys and early settlers were writing the oft-told history of the Wild West, California's wine pioneers were cultivating...
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  • New Mexico Wine: An Enchanting History by Birchell, Donna Blake
    Donna Blake Birchell

    New Mexico Wine: An Enchanting History

    Every vine has a story, and nearly four hundred years ago, New Mexico's wine journey began when the first Mission grapes were planted in 1629. Taste this rich legacy, the oldest in the United States, in Donna Blake Birchell's account of the turmoil and...
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  • Food, Drink and Celebrations of the Hudson Valley Dutch by Rose, Peter G.
    Peter G. Rose

    Food, Drink and Celebrations of the Hudson Valley Dutch

    In 1609, Henry Hudson, under contract with the Dutch East India Company, set out to discover the lucrative Northwest Passage. The Hudson River Valley is what he discovered instead, and along its banks Dutch culture took hold. While the Dutch influence can still be...
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  • Rhode Island Clam Shacks by Martin, Christopher Scott
    Christopher Scott Martin

    Rhode Island Clam Shacks

    Steamships once plied the waters of Narragansett Bay, carrying thousands of guests to feasts of clams prepared in every way imaginable at scenic spots like Rocky Point and Crescent Park. After hurricanes and pollution destroyed Rhode Island s soft-shell clam and oyster beds, the...
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  • Classic Eateries of Cajun Country by Poche, Dixie Lee
    Dixie Lee Poche

    Classic Eateries of Cajun Country

    Cajun Country establishments offer a delectable variety of table fare for tourists and residents alike. The region's first restaurants, cafes and bakeries emerged in the 1880s. Stores like T-Jim's and Teet's Food supplied locals with boudin. Cafe Vermilionville served patrons crawfish beignets. And faithful...
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  • New England Pie: History Under a Crust by Cox, Robert S.
    Robert S. Cox

    New England Pie: History Under a Crust

    Pie has been a delectable centerpiece of Yankee tables since Europeans first landed on New England's shores in the seventeenth century. With a satisfying variety of savory and sweet, author Robert Cox takes a bite out of the history of pie and pie-making in...
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