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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 641
EAN: 9780252073281
ISBN: 0252073282
Label: University of Illinois Press
Manufacturer: University of Illinois Press
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 272
Publication Date: December 29, 2006
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Studio: University of Illinois Press
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The peanut is one of the most versatile and beloved of American food icons. In this first culinary history of the protein-laden legume, Andrew F. Smith follows the peanut 's rise from a lowly, messy snack food to its place in haute cuisine and on supermarket shelves around the world. Chronicling how peanut consumption and production has changed throughout history, Smith highlights the peanut's role in the ways economic distress, wartime conditions, industrialization, and health trends reflect and inform our culinary landscape. Chock-full of photographs, advertisements, and peanut recipes from as early as 1847, this entertaining and enlightening volume is a testament to the culinary potential and lasting popularity of the goober pea.
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If you ever thought peanuts went out in style when Jimmy and Roslyn left the little ol' White House, think again. Peanuts are big. Real big. And here's the book to prove it. Andrew Smith's "Peanuts: The Illustrious History of the Goober Pea" is an unexpected delight. It's part history, part cookbook, and totally digestible. One nibble and you cannot put it down. (Sort of like those teeny treats themselves.) In this, the first-ever culinary history of the protein-riddled legume, Smith offers much ... Read More
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