The American History Cookbook » (New Edition)

MARK H. ZANGER is a veteran Boston journalist and 20-year restaurant critic for the Boston Phoenix, under the name "Robert Nadeau." He is the author of The American Ethnic Cookbook for Students (2001).

This book uses historical commentary and recipes to trace the history of American cooking from the first European contact with Native Americans to the 1970s.

Preface

Introduction

First Nations and Early Settlers (1200-1674)

Early Colonial Dishes (1524-1674)

The Twenty-One Colonies (1710s-1790s)

The American Revolution (1776-1784)

Patriotic Cakes (1795-1860)

Early American Meals--Spring (1792-1852)

Early American Meals--Summer (1800s-1856)

Early American Meals--Fall (1803-1855)

Early American Meals--Winter (1780s-1866)

The World of Masters and Slaves (1800-1862)

Origins and Early Recipes of Popular Foods (1802-1876)

Pioneers (1803-1850s)

Early American Health Food (1827-1857)

Abolitionist Recipes (1827-ca. 1910)

The First American Celebrities (1827-1877)

The Age of Jackson (1820s-1852)

Cooking for Children (1837-1861)

Temperance and Prohibition Recipes (1837-1930)

American Steak and Potatoes (1841-1896)

Communal Experiments (1842-1975)

Eating on American Ships (1854-1910)

Camping Out (1856-1886)

Irish Immigration (1859-1877)

Civil War--North (1860-1865)

Civil War--South (1860s-1872)

Political and Topical Cakes and Cookies (1865-1899)

Military Outposts during the Indian Wars (1870s-1884)

Settlers and Homesteaders (1873-1911)

Late Victorian Health Food (1875-1904)

Colonial Revival (1876-1896)

Cooking by Kids (1877-1921)

Women's Suffrage (1878-1927)

National Unity versus Diversity (1878-1902)

Origins and Early Recipes of Popular Foods (1880-1936)

Trains, Cars, and Trailers (1882-1939)

Labor versus Capital (1892-1983)

The Women's Exchange Movement (1895-1972)

Camping in the 20th Century (1906-1963)

School Lunch (1912-1960s)

World War I (1916-1919)

Health Food in the 20th Century (1912-1973)

Cities and City Politics (1922-1931)

Recent Cooking by Kids(1922-1957)

Radio Recipes (1928-1936)

The Great Depression (1930-1940)

World War II (1941-1945)

The Cold War (1948-1973)

The Civil Rights Movement and Its Opponents (1950s-1970)

The Vietnam War and Its Opponents (1962-1975)

The 1970s (1971-1975)

Chronological Index

Index by States

Subject and Recipe Index