BOOKS
From hardtack to home fries : an uncommon history of American cooks and meals

Publisher: Free Press,


Title Details
  • From hardtack to home fries :
Publishers
  • New York :Free Press,c2002.
Descriptions
  • vii, 244 p. :ill. ;25 cm.
Isbn
    0684842173
Subjects
  • Diet -- United States -- History.
  • Cooking -- United States -- History.
  • Food habits -- United States -- History.
Material Type
  • BK
  • Book
Online Sources
Location RHC
Item Call Number TX 360 .U6 H33 2002
Status Available
Barcode 17785
International Standard Book Number
  • International Standard Book Number - 0684842173
Library Of Congress Call Number
  • Classification number - TX 360 .U6
  • Item number - H33 2002
Dewey Decimal Classification Number
  • Classification number - 394.1/0973
  • Edition number - 21
Main Entry
  • Personal name - Haber, Barbara.
Title Statement
  • Title - From hardtack to home fries :
  • Remainder of title - an uncommon history of American cooks and meals /
  • Statement of responsibility, etc. - Barbara Haber.
Publication, Distribution, Etc. (imprint)
  • Place of publication, distribution, etc. - New York :
  • Name of publisher, distributor, etc. - Free Press,
  • Date of publication, distribution, etc. - c2002.
Physical Description
  • Extent - vii, 244 p. :
  • Other physical details - ill. ;
  • Dimensions - 25 cm.
Content Type
Media Type
Carrier Type
Bibliography, Etc. Note
  • Bibliography, etc - Includes bibliographical references (p. [223]-236) and index.
Formatted Contents Note
  • Formatted contents note - Feeding the great hunger : the Irish famine and America -- Pretty much of a muchness : Civil War nurses and diet kitchens -- They dieted for our sins : America's food reformers -- The Harvey girls : good women and good food civilize the American West -- Home cooking in the FDR White House : the indomitable Mrs. Nesbitt -- Cooking behind barbed wire : POWs during World War II -- Sachertorte in Harvard Square : Jewish refugees find friends and work -- Food keeps the faith : African-American cooks and their heritage -- Growing up with gourmet : what cookbooks mean
Subject Topical Term
  • Topical term or geographic name as entry element - Diet
  • Geographic subdivision - United States
  • General subdivision - History.
  • Topical term or geographic name as entry element - Cooking
  • Geographic subdivision - United States
  • General subdivision - History.
  • Topical term or geographic name as entry element - Food habits
  • Geographic subdivision - United States
  • General subdivision - History.