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PublisherUniversity of Massachusetts Dartmouth
ISBN-101558498613
ISBN-139781558498617
eBay Product ID (ePID)92320631
Product Key Features
Number of Pages488 Pages
Publication NameNorthern Hospitality : Cooking by the Book in New England
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2011
SubjectRegional & Ethnic / American / New England, American / General, Agriculture & Food (See Also Political Science / Public Policy / Agriculture & Food Policy)
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaLiterary Criticism, Cooking, Social Science
AuthorKeith Stavely, Kathleen Fitzgerald
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height1.2 in
Item Weight24.1 Oz
Item Length9 in
Item Width6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
LCCN2010-054340
Dewey Edition22
ReviewsIn this innovative study, part recipe anthology and part analytical investigation, Keith Stavely and Kathleen Fitzgerald attempt to unravel the process by which New England domestic cooks developed a distinctive and varied cuisine out of the initial encounter between cookery books brought from the old country and the ingredients found on the North Eastern coast of America., Looking back through the recipes and techniques recounted in these cookbooks reminds us that history does record progress that may not be so dramatic as space flights and social networks but accounts for real and welcome change nontheless., Our favorite book of the year may be Northern Hospitality: Cooking by the Book in New England. In it Keith Stavely and Kathleen Fitzgerald address 'the complex, colorful, sometimes controversial story of New England cooking' through an unorthodox approach. Northern Hospitality profiles most of the more influential Yankee cookbook authors from the first three centuries of European settlement, then the remaining two thirds of the book reproduces their recipes with trenchant and often amused commentary. Our brief description here cannot convey the startling clarity of the prose. If you give away only one book this year, make it this one and hope that somebody returns the favor., Northern Hospitality: Cooking by the Book in New England digs into the antecedents of what we think of as traditional New England cookery, and what they uncover may come as a surprise to those who think of the region's classic dishes as bland and uninspired., Northern Hospitality is a big book... filled with information and recipes that will enlighten and enthrall anyone interested in food, cooking, or social history., This book collects almost 400 New England recipes from the 17th to early 20th century, but this big book by the husband-wife team of Keith Stavely and Kathleen Fitzgerald is also rich in regional food history and humorously explained cooking lore., In this unexpected gem in the ocean of works on food, librarians Stavely and Fitzgerald have crafted a 'richly contextualized critical anthology' of New England's food heritage. The first section is a short social history of food in America, which provides helpful context for the historical recipes. The heart of the book is the recipes, from the original cookbooks ranging from the 17th to the early 20th centuries, complete with original wording, spelling, and grammar and 'commentaries to aid in historical understanding.' Reading the original cook's recipe and the authors' explanation of it adds much to readers' understanding and appreciation of the topic. The authors also do an excellent job at portraying the depth and variety of New England food history, which is much richer than one would expect. With a few illustrations and a handy index, the work is well documented with endnotes and a lengthy bibliography. Verdict: Well done and highly recommended for foodies and historians., This book serves up a fascinating main course in pre- and post-colonial history with an equally intriguing side dish of archaic recipes, and modern day adaptations with step-by-step instructions., Stavely and Fitzgerald have provided a lively, well-researched follow up to their classic tome on New England cuisine, America's Founding Food.... A must have for New England public and academic libraries and large libraries with substantial American history and culinary collections.... Highly recommended., While it can function as a cookbook, Northern Hospitality also would make an excellent textbook in food studies and American Studies classrooms. More importantly, it is significant beyond New England cultural history in that it shows how a regional food culture develops over time and in relationship to wider national history.
Grade FromCollege Graduate Student
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal641.5974
SynopsisIf you think traditional New England cooking is little more than baked beans and clam chowder, think again. In this enticing anthology of almost 400 historic New England recipes from the seventeenth to the early twentieth century, you will be treated to such dishes as wine-soaked bass served with oysters and cranberries, roast shoulder of lamb seasoned with sweet herbs, almond cheesecake infused with rosewater, robust Connecticut brown bread, zesty ginger nuts, and high-peaked White Mountain cake. Beginning with four chapters placing the region's best-known cookbook authors and their works in nuanced historical context, Keith Stavely and Kathleen Fitzgerald then proceed to offer a ten-chapter cornucopia of culinary temptation. Readers can sample regional offerings grouped into the categories of the liquid one-pot meal, fish, fowl, meat and game, pie, pudding, bread, and cake. Recipes are presented in their original textual forms and are accompanied by commentaries designed to make them more accessible to the modern reader. Each chapter, and each section within each chapter, is also prefaced by a brief introductory essay. From pottage to pie crust, from caudle to calf's head, historic methods and obscure meanings are thoroughly?sometimes humorously?explained. Going beyond reprints of single cookbooks and bland adaptations of historic recipes, this richly contextualized critical anthology puts the New England cooking tradition on display in all its unexpected--and delicious--complexity. Northern Hospitality will equip readers with all the tools they need for both historical understanding and kitchen adventure., If you think traditional New England cooking is little more than baked beans and clam chowder, think again. In this enticing anthology of almost 400 historic New England recipes from the seventeenth to the early twentieth century, you will be treated to such dishes as wine-soaked bass served with oysters and cranberries, roast shoulder of lamb seasoned with sweet herbs, almond cheesecake infused with rosewater, robust Connecticut brown bread, zesty ginger nuts, and high-peaked White Mountain cake. Beginning with four chapters placing the region's best-known cookbook authors and their works in nuanced historical context, Keith Stavely and Kathleen Fitzgerald then proceed to offer a ten-chapter cornucopia of culinary temptation. Readers can sample regional offerings grouped into the categories of the liquid one-pot meal, fish, fowl, meat and game, pie, pudding, bread, and cake. Recipes are presented in their original textual forms and are accompanied by commentaries designed to make them more accessible to the modern reader. Each chapter, and each section within each chapter, is also prefaced by a brief introductory essay. From pottage to pie crust, from caudle to calf's head, historic methods and obscure meanings are thoroughly--sometimes humorously--explained. Going beyond reprints of single cookbooks and bland adaptations of historic recipes, this richly contextualized critical anthology puts the New England cooking tradition on display in all its unexpected--and delicious--complexity. Northern Hospitality will equip readers with all the tools they need for both historical understanding and kitchen adventure., Going beyond reprints of single cookbooks and bland adaptations of historic recipes, this richly contextualized critical anthology puts the New England cooking tradition on display in all its unexpected and delicious complexity. This book will equip readers with all the tools they need for both historical understanding and kitchen adventure.
LC Classification NumberTX715.2.N48S7435
