Southern provisions : the creation & revival of a cuisine / David S. Shields.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Shields, David S., 1951- (Author)
Language:English
Published: Chicago ; London : University of Chicago Press, 2015.
Subjects:
Cooking, American > Southern style > History.
Gastronomy > Southern States > History.
Cooking > Southern States > History.
Cooking.
Cooking, American > Southern style.
Gastronomy.
Southern States.
History.
Genre:
History.
Physical Description:xvi, 401 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Rebooting a cuisine
  • The South and the institutions of American food
  • Madame Eugène and nineteenth-century restaurant cuisine in New Orleans
  • The Maryland Club feast
  • Charleston's caterers, 1795 to 1883
  • The Jockey Club banquet of February 1, 1860
  • Possum in Wetumpka
  • Touring the city markets, 1810 to 1860
  • Fish master : C.C. Leslie and the reconstruction of Charleston cuisine
  • The New York market : national supply and demand
  • Truck farming
  • Carolina gold rice
  • Sugar from the sugarcane
  • Sorghum
  • Prospecting for oil
  • Peanuts and peanut oil
  • Citrus
  • The return of the tastes.