03442oam 22006734a 450 991079839970332120230126214321.00-252-09851-X(CKB)3710000000648084(EBL)4443551(SSID)ssj0001655622(PQKBManifestationID)16435729(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001655622(PQKBWorkID)14868805(PQKB)10679243(PQKBManifestationID)16268948(PQKBWorkID)14868806(PQKB)20868254(MiAaPQ)EBC4443551(StDuBDS)EDZ0001646580(OCoLC)933596253(MdBmJHUP)muse52022(EXLCZ)99371000000064808420151030d2016 fy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrTaste of the nation : the New Deal search for America's food /Camille BeginUrbana, IL :University of Illinois Press,2016.©20161 online resource (241 p.)Studies in sensory historyDescription based upon print version of record.0-252-08170-6 0-252-04025-2 Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-213) and index.Introduction: sensing food in the New Deal era -- America eats: the making of a sensory archive -- Romance of the homemade -- Tasting place, sensing race -- An American culinary heritage? Mexican food in the Southwest -- A "well-filled melting pot" -- Conclusion: how taste is made.The role of taste in a culinary transformationCamille Begin shapes a cultural and sensory history of New Deal-era eating from the FWP archives. From "ravioli, the diminutive derbies of pastries, the crowns stuffed with a well-seasoned paste" to barbeque seasoning that integrated "salt, black pepper, dried red chili powder, garlic, oregano, cumin seed, and cayenne pepper" while "tomatoes, green chili peppers, onions, and olive oil made up the sauce", Begin describes in mouth-watering detail how Americans tasted their food. They did so in ways that varied, and varied widely, depending on race, ethnicity, class, and region. Begin explores how likes and dislikes, cravings and disgust operated within local sensory economies that she culls from the FWP's vivid descriptions, visual cues, culinary expectations, recipes and accounts of restaurant meals. She illustrates how nostalgia, prescriptive gender ideals, and racial stereotypes shaped how the FWP was able to frame regional food cultures as "American."Studies in sensory history.Food habitsUnited StatesHistory20th centuryFood writingUnited StatesHistory20th centuryDietUnited StatesHistory20th centuryFoodUnited StatesHistory20th centuryUnited StatesSocial life and customs1918-1945Food habitsHistoryFood writingHistoryDietHistoryFoodHistory641.30097309/04Begin Camille1984-1545990MdBmJHUPMdBmJHUPBOOK9910798399703321Taste of the nation : the New Deal search for America's food3801244UNINA