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Book Reviews of The Food of a Younger Land: A portrait of American food- before the national highway system, before chainrestaurants, and before frozen food, when the nation's food was seasonal,

The Food of a Younger Land: A portrait of American food- before the national highway system, before chainrestaurants, and before frozen food, when the nation's food was seasonal,
The Food of a Younger Land A portrait of American food before the national highway system before chainrestaurants and before frozen food when the nation's food was seasonal
Author: Mark Kurlansky
ISBN-13: 9781594484575
ISBN-10: 1594484570
Publication Date: 4/6/2010
Rating:
  • Currently 3.6/5 Stars.
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3.6 stars, based on 13 ratings
Publisher: Riverhead Trade
Book Type: Paperback
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maikai avatar reviewed The Food of a Younger Land: A portrait of American food- before the national highway system, before chainrestaurants, and before frozen food, when the nation's food was seasonal, on + 20 more book reviews
A very interesting books coving american from from W p a or Works Progress Administration files. I felt California was lacking but maybe the author could not find any articles. I was expecting San Fransisco Sour Dough Bread , Chop Suey, oysters, tri-tips, cafeteria and others. I was highly surprised that the French Dip Sandwich organized in California. I hope people form other states enjoy the book and maybe learn something new about food from their state.
littlegirl avatar reviewed The Food of a Younger Land: A portrait of American food- before the national highway system, before chainrestaurants, and before frozen food, when the nation's food was seasonal, on + 37 more book reviews
This book wasn't exactly what I had expected. I thought the author had written the book based on the original writings of the Works Progress Administration. Instead it was reproductions of some of the actual WPA submissions to what was supposed to be America Eats. As the author points out, some of the submissions are better than others. I was into it for about the first half or so, and then I started losing interest as the book moved west.