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Title	The Food of a younger land : a portrait of American food : before the national highway system, before chain restaurants, and before frozen food, when the nation's food was seasonal, regional, and traditional : from the lost WPA files / edited and illustrated by Mark Kurlansky.
Publication Info.	New York : Riverhead Books, c2009.

Location	Call No.	Status
Stack 3	394.1 F	IN LIBRARY

Description	xviii, 397 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (p. 368-390) and index.
Contents	The Northeast eats -- The South eats -- The Middle West eats -- The Far West eats -- The Southwest eats.
Note	Includes recipes.
Subject	Local foods -- United States -- History.
	Cooking, American -- History.
	Food habits -- United States -- History.
	Cooking, American -- Social aspects.
	Food habits -- United States -- Social aspects.
Added Author	Kurlansky, Mark, editor, illustrator.
	United States. Works Progress Administration.
Added Title	Portrait of American food
	From the lost WPA files
ISBN	9781594488658
	1594488657

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