Apple Pie An American Story

Name: Apple Pie An American Story
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ISBN: 9780399152153

ISBN-10: 0399152156

ISBN-13: 9780399152153

Edition: 2004

Authors: John T. Edge

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What could be a more fun and delicious way to celebrate American culture than through the lore of our favorite foods? That's what John T. Edge does in his smart, witty, and compulsively readable new series on the dishes everyone thinks their mom made best. If these are the best-loved American foods-ones so popular they've come to represent us-what does that tell us about ourselves? And what do the history of the dish and the regional variations reveal? There are few aspects of life that carry more emotional weight and symbolism than food, and in writing about our food icons, Edge gives us a warm and wonderful portrait of America -by way of our taste buds. After all, "What is patriotism,…

Book details

List price: $18.95
Copyright year: 2004
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Publication date: 10/7/2004
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 176
Size: 5.50" wide x 7.75" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 0.616
Language: English



Introduction : in pie we trust



Fruit stand death march



Blinded by irony



Mystery of the frigid digits



Tootie Feagan's four-pound pie



Deep-fried indemnity



Hail Senor Pie, king of the truck stop



A man and his pie



Freezer case piejinks



The jewel in God's pocket



Apple pie oddments



What it means to be fluent in cider



The Marlborough (wo)man



Taking liberties



To hell with Tarte Tatin!


Coda : of pie I sing


Ciphering pi(e) : thoughts on technique, ingredients, and equipment & my little black book of pie