Creamy and Crunchy : : An Informal History of Peanut Butter, the All-American Food /

Creamy and Crunchy : : An Informal History of Peanut Butter, the All-American Food / / Jon Krampner.

More than Mom's apple pie, peanut butter is the all-American food. With its rich, roasted-peanut aroma and flavor; caramel hue; and gooey, consoling texture, peanut butter is an enduring favorite, found in the pantries of at least 75 percent of American kitchens. Americans eat more than a billi...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Columbia University Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013
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Krampner, Jon,
Place / Publishing House:New York, NY : : Columbia University Press, , [2012]
©2012
Year of Publication:2012
Language:English
Series:Arts and Traditions of the Table: Perspectives on Culinary History
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Physical Description:1 online resource (320 p.) :; 49 illustrations
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • PREFACE
  • ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  • 1. Peanuts 101
  • 2. The Social Rise of the Peanut
  • 3. The Birth Of Peanut Butter
  • 4. Peter Pan: "Improved By Hydrogenation"
  • 5. How Peter Pan Lost Its Groove
  • 6. Skippy: "He Made His First Jar Of Peanut Butter In His Garage"
  • 7. Skippy On Top
  • 8. Jif: "But Is It Still Peanut Butter?"
  • 9. "Choosy Mothers Choose . . ."
  • 10. Peanut Butter Goes International
  • 11. The Music Of Peanut Butter
  • 12. Deaf Smith: What's Old- Fashioned Is New Again
  • 13. The Rise And Fall of the Florunner
  • 14. The Peanut Butter Crisis of 1980
  • 15. "You Mean It's Not Good for Me?"
  • 16. The Short, Happy Life of Sorrells Pickard
  • 17. Peanut Corporation of America: "There Was No Red Flag"
  • 18. Peanut Butter Saves the World
  • 19. Where Are the Peanut Butters of Yesteryear?
  • Appendix 1: Author's Recommendations
  • Appendix 2: Peanut Butter Time Line
  • Notes
  • Index

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