Research Guides: ENG 312: Moveable Feasts: Writing About Food: Finding Books

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David Walker Lupton African American Cookbook Collection
Find a list of books for one of the largest collection of African American Cookbook collections in the country. Find a copy of one of the books in Search@UW or visit the research help page to get assistance from a librarian for placing a request.

A History of Cookbooks by Henry Notaker
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Publication Date: 2017
A History of Cookbooks provides a sweeping literary and historical overview of the cookbook genre, exploring its development as a part of food culture beginning in the Late Middle Ages. This innovative book demonstrates that cookbooks represent an interesting and important branch of nonfiction literature.
Secret Ingredients: race, gender, and class at the dinner table by Sherrie A. Inness
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Publication Date: 2006
A series of fascinating chapters analyze cookery books through the ages. From the convenience-food cookbooks of the 1950s, to the 1980s rise in 'white trash' cookbooks, and the surprise success of the Two Fat Ladies books from the 1990s, leading author Sherrie Inness discusses how women have used such books over the years to protest social norms.
Recipes for Reading by Anne Bower
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Publication Date: 1997
The community cookbook is a familiar item in many kitchens. Usually compiled by women and sold to raise funds for a charitable cause, these collections of recipes may seem to be utilitarian objects that exhibit little if any narrative interest. But this is hardly the case. In Recipes for Reading, scholars from a variety of disciplines examine community cookbooks as complex texts deserving serious study.
Cooking from the Heart: The Hmong Kitchen in America by Sami Scripter; Sheng Yang
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ISBN: 9780816653263
Publication Date: 2009
More than simply a recipe book for Hmong cuisine, this title sets out the culinary traditions of the South Asian Hmong people and at the same time examines the cultural significance such traditions hold. The recipes in the book are accompanied by anecdotes, aphorisms and poems that help place cooking at the centre of Hmong culture.