ISSUE 61, TENNESSEE FOODWAYS, Part 1: Some Tennessee Cookbooks
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Some Tennessee Cookbooks Prior to 1970 numbers of local cooks, church women’s groups, and civic organizations published state or regional cookbooks. The extent to which the contents reflected local foodways varied in degree, depending to what extent cooks in a place felt compelled to demonstrate a kind of kitchen currency or adequacy. So 1950s cookbooks with “congealed salads” or 1960s books recommending cans of Campbell’s soup as an ingredient are numerous even in provincial towns. Over the years I’ve come to read recipes selectively, skipping the multitude of ocean fish recipes and oyster dishes found in cookbooks from inland states. The section on vegetables is always interesting. If game is featured, that is usually worth studying with care.
ISSUE 61, TENNESSEE FOODWAYS, Part 1: Some Tennessee Cookbooks
ISSUE 61, TENNESSEE FOODWAYS, Part 1: Some…
ISSUE 61, TENNESSEE FOODWAYS, Part 1: Some Tennessee Cookbooks
Some Tennessee Cookbooks Prior to 1970 numbers of local cooks, church women’s groups, and civic organizations published state or regional cookbooks. The extent to which the contents reflected local foodways varied in degree, depending to what extent cooks in a place felt compelled to demonstrate a kind of kitchen currency or adequacy. So 1950s cookbooks with “congealed salads” or 1960s books recommending cans of Campbell’s soup as an ingredient are numerous even in provincial towns. Over the years I’ve come to read recipes selectively, skipping the multitude of ocean fish recipes and oyster dishes found in cookbooks from inland states. The section on vegetables is always interesting. If game is featured, that is usually worth studying with care.