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Author:
Anthony, Jason C.
Title:
Hoosh : roast penguin, scurvy day, and other stories of Antarctic cuisine / Jason C. Anthony.
Publisher:
University of Nebraska Press,
Copyright Date:
c2012
Description:
xvii, 286 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 23 cm.
Subject:
Food habits--Antarctica.
Outdoor cooking--Antarctica.
Antarctica--Social life and customs.
Antarctica--History--Anecdotes.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references.
Contents:
Prologue: a recipe for something -- All thinking and talking of food -- The secret society of unconventional cooks -- Slaughter and scurvy -- Meat and melted snow -- How to keep a fat explorer in prime condition -- Into the deep freeze -- Prisoner-of-war syndrome -- The syrup of American comfort -- A cookie and a story -- Sleeping with vegetables -- A tale of two stations -- Epilogue: not under these conditions -- Acknowledgments -- Appendix 1. Selected recipes from Gerald Cutland's fit for a fid -- Appendix 2. Hoosh timeline.
Series:
At table
ISBN:
0803226667 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780803226661 (pbk. : alk. paper)
OCLC:
(OCoLC)781432654
LCCN:
2012011994
Locations:
BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)
USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)
PNAX964 -- Northeast Iowa Community College Library - Calmar (Calmar)
GEPG771 -- West Des Moines Public Library (West Des Moines)

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