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Author:

Broomfield, Andrea, author.

Title:

Kansas City : a food biography / Andrea L. Broomfield.

Publisher:

Rowman & Littlefield,

Copyright Date:

2016

Description:

xiv, 241 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Food--Kansas City--Kansas City--History.
Cooking, American--History.--History.
Food industry and trade--Kansas City--Kansas City--History.
Kansas City (Mo.)--History.
Cooking, American--Midwestern style.
Food.
Food industry and trade.
Missouri--Kansas City.
History.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-223) and index.

Contents:

Kansas City : the nation's hospitality crossroads -- "Here stands a city build o' bread and beef" : Kansas City's natural and material resources -- Prehistoric and Native American foodways of the Kawsmouth Region -- The Old World meets the new -- Contributing to Kansas City's greater good : immigrants and their food traditions -- African American contributions and Kansas City's southern traditions -- Kansas City markets and groceries -- "Kansas City, Here I Come" : historic restaurants at America's crossroads, 1860s-1970s -- Kansas City home cooks and homegrown festivals -- We've grown accustomed to these tastes : Kansas City's signature dishes.

Series:

The big city food biography series

ISBN:

1442232889
9781442232884

OCLC:

(OCoLC)919014751

LCCN:

2015029520

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

KSPG296 -- Burlington Public Library (Burlington)

LAPH975 -- Sioux City Public Library (Sioux City)