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The American Ethnic Cookbook For Students

✍️ Zanger, Mark
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🏛 Greenwood 📅 2001 📔 Paperback ISBN: 9781573563451

📝 Description: The American Ethnic Cookbook For Students

The first cookbook to present the dishes of more than 120 ethnic groups now in America, The American Ethinic Cookbook for Students illustrates how those dishes have changed throughout the years. This cookbook contains more than 300 recies plus references to ethnography, food history, culture, and the history of American immigration. A bibliography at the end of each ethnic group section is included. Covering the cooking of Native American tribes, old-stock settlers, old immigrants from 1840-1920, and the new immigrants, no other cookbook describes so many different ethnic groups or focuses on the American ethnic experience. Arranged alphabetically by ethnic group, each chapter consists of a brief introduction to the ethnic group, its food history and ethnogaphy, followed by recipes, with step-by-step instructions, techniques hints, and equipment information. Among the 120 ethnic groups included are: Amish-Mennonites, Arcadians, Cugans, Dutch, Cajuns, Eskimos, Hopi, Hungarians, Jamaicans, Jews, Palestinians, Serbs, Sioux, Turks, and Vietnamese.

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The text functions more as an ethnographic survey than a casual dining guide, which may disappoint readers seeking quick weeknight meals without historical context. It is not suited for those who prefer narrative-driven memoirs or purely aesthetic photography. However, for academic use or serious culinary exploration, its breadth is unmatched. The inclusion of bibliography sections and technical hints adds significant utility. While the scope is impressive, the dense informational density requires patience. It succeeds as a reference tool rather than a leisure read, best appreciated by those who view cooking as a form of cultural study.
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The text functions more as an ethnographic survey than a casual dining guide, which may disappoint readers seeking quick weeknight meals without historical context. It is not suited for those who prefer narrative-driven memoirs or purely aesthetic photography. However, for academic use or serious culinary exploration, its breadth is unmatched. The inclusion of bibliography sections and technical hints adds significant utility. While the scope is impressive, the dense informational density requires patience. It succeeds as a reference tool rather than a leisure read, best appreciated by those who view cooking as a form of cultural study.

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