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| Acknowledgments | |
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| About This Book | |
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| Discovering the Kitchen | |
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| Tools of the Trade | |
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| Cooking Skills | |
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| Cutting | |
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| Measuring | |
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| Mixing | |
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| Stovetop Cooking | |
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| Cracking and Separating Eggs | |
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| Safety Rules | |
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| Around the Stove and Oven | |
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| Using Any Appliance | |
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| Using a Microwave Oven | |
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| Using a Knife | |
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| Cleaning Up | |
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| The First Thanksgiving | |
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| Golden Harvest Pumpkin Bread | |
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| Cornmeal Blueberry Mush (Sautauthig) | |
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| The Ultimate Roasted Turkey Breast | |
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| Traditional Cranberry Sauce | |
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| Colonial Fare | |
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| Corn Chowder | |
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| Virginia Ham with Cherry Sauce | |
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| Old-Fashioned Dried Apple Rings | |
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| All-American Baked Apple Crisp with Dried Fruits | |
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| Louisiana Territory Creole and Cajun Foods | |
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| Shrimp and Ham Jambalaya | |
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| Bread Pudding with Fruit | |
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| King Cake | |
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| Remember (Those Great Tortillas at) the Alamo! | |
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| Awesome Tacos | |
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| Ralph's Rib-Stickin' Hot and Spicy Texas Ribs | |
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| Meatless Chili | |
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| A Pioneer Breakfast | |
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| Buckwheat Griddle Cakes | |
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| Amazing Country Scrambled Eggs | |
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| Trail Blazin' Beef Jerky | |
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| Plantation Life | |
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| Southern Fried Chicken Wings | |
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| Plantation-Baked Corn Bread | |
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| The Sweetest Sweet Potato Pie | |
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| Peaches and Cream Ice Cream Sundae with Gingersnaps | |
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| Dining on the Transcontinental Railroad | |
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| Chop Suey | |
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| Coast-to-Coast Apple Pie | |
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| Cocoanut Pudding | |
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| A Victorian Tea | |
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| Lemon and Poppy Seed Afternoon Tea Bread | |
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| Old-Fashioned Root Beer Float | |
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| Noodle Kugel | |
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| The Ravenous Roaring Twenties | |
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| Baby Ruth Homerun Bars | |
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| Fast 'n' Easy Caesar Salad | |
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| Supremely Citrus Sundae | |
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| Making Do during the Great Depression | |
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| Speedy Vegetable and Barley Soup | |
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| Baked Macaroni and Cheese | |
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| Depression Cake | |
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| World War II Rations | |
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| Cozy Chicken Veggie Noodle Stew | |
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| Sloppy Joes | |
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| Crunchy Carrots | |
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| M & M's Cookies | |
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| Fabulous Fifties Foods | |
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| Vegetable Platter with Sour Cream and Onion Dip | |
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| Make-Your-Own TV Dinners | |
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| German Chocolate Minicakes | |
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| Coco-Nutty Pecan Frosting | |
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| Sixties and Seventies Sensations | |
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| Peace, Love, and Crunchy Granola | |
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| Mother Earth's Zucchini Bread | |
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| Swift 'n' Savory Spinach and Onion Quiche | |
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| Green Beans Amandine | |
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| High Tech, Low Fat: The 1980s and 1990s | |
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| Lazy Morning Lemon Blueberry Muffins | |
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| Fashionable Fettuccine with Porcini Mushrooms and Parmesan Cheese | |
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| Roasted Veggie Pita Rounds | |
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| American Food and Cooking Timeline | |
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| Glossary | |
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| Index | |