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Record Nr.

UNINA9910464908903321

Autore

Moss Robert F.

Titolo

Barbecue : the history of an American institution / / Robert F. Moss ; designer, Michele Myatt Quinn

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Tuscaloosa, Alabama : , : University of Alabama Press, , 2010

©2010

ISBN

0-8173-8707-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (290 p.)

Disciplina

641.7/6

Soggetti

Barbecuing - United States

Barbecuing - United States - History

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Barbecue in Colonial America -- Barbecue and the early republic -- The barbecue comes of age -- Barbecue and the Civil War -- Barbecue, Reconstruction, and the Gilded Age -- The rise of barbecue restaurants -- Barbecue finds the backyard -- The golden age of barbecue -- The decline and rebirth of American barbecue.

Sommario/riassunto

Americans enjoy reading about barbecue almost as much as they love eating it. Books on the subject cover almost every aspect of the topic: recipes, grilling tips, restaurant guides, pit-building instructions, and catalogs of exotic variants such as Mongolian barbecue and Indian tandoor cooking. Despite this coverage, the history of barbecue in the United States has until now remained virtually untold.   Barbecue: The History of an American Institution draws on hundreds of sources to document the evolution of barbecue from its origins among Native Americans to