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Record Nr.

UNINA9910970617903321

Autore

Steinberg Ellen FitzSimmons <1948->

Titolo

From the Jewish heartland : two centuries of Midwest foodways / / Ellen F. Steinberg, Jack H. Prost

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Urbana, : University of Illinois Press, c2011

ISBN

9786613135667

9781283135665

1283135663

9780252093159

0252093151

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

x, 207 p. : ill

Collana

Heartland foodways

Altri autori (Persone)

ProstJack

Disciplina

641.5/676

Soggetti

Jewish cooking

Jews - Food - Middle West

Jews - Middle West - Social life and customs

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

The early Jewish presence in the Middle West -- Midwest city life : the Sephardim and the German-Jews -- Eastern European Jews in the cities -- Jews in small towns, on the farms, and in-between -- How to cook -- When to cook -- And when not to bother -- Trends in the heartland.

Sommario/riassunto

An overview of historic Jewish foodways throughout the Midwest, with many examples of recipes brought to the Midwest by Jewish immigrants.