Grain and Fire : A History of Baking in the American South
Saved in:
| Title: | Grain and Fire : A History of Baking in the American South |
|---|---|
| Description: | While a luscious layer cake may exemplify the towering glory of southern baking, like everything about the American South, baking is far more complicated than it seems. Rebecca Sharpless here weaves a brilliant chronicle, vast in perspective and entertaining in detail, revealing how three global food traditions—Indigenous American, European, and African—collided with and merged in the economies, cultures, and foodways of the South to create what we know as the southern baking tradition.Recognizing that sentiments around southern baking run deep, Sharpless takes delight in deflating stereotypes as she delves into the surprising realities underlying the creation and consumption of baked goods. People who controlled the food supply in the South used baking to reinforce their power and make social distinctions. Who used white cornmeal and who used yellow, who put sugar in their cornbread and who did not had traditional meanings for southerners, as did the proportions of flour, fat, and liquid in biscuits. By the twentieth century, however, the popularity of convenience foods and mixes exploded in the region, as it did nationwide. Still, while some regional distinctions have waned, baking in the South continues to be a remarkable, and remarkably tasty, source of identity and entrepreneurship. |
| Authors: | Rebecca Sharpless |
| Resource Type: | eBook. |
| Subjects: | Baking--History.--Southern States, Cooking, American--Southern style, Food habits--Social aspects--History.--South, Cultural fusion--History.--Southern States |
| Categories: | COOKING / Regional & Cultural / American / Southern States, COOKING / Methods / Baking, HISTORY / United States / State & Local / South (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV) |
| Database: | eBook Collection (EBSCOhost) |
| FullText | Links: – Type: ebook-pdf – Type: ebook-epub Text: Availability: 0 |
|---|---|
| Header | DbId: nlebk DbLabel: eBook Collection (EBSCOhost) An: 3029643 RelevancyScore: 1110 AccessLevel: 6 PubType: eBook PubTypeId: ebook PreciseRelevancyScore: 1109.74133300781 |
| IllustrationInfo | |
| ImageInfo | – Size: thumb Target: https://rps2images.ebscohost.com/rpsweb/othumb?id=NL$3029643$PDF&s=r – Size: medium Target: https://rps2images.ebscohost.com/rpsweb/othumb?id=NL$3029643$PDF&s=d |
| Items | – Name: Title Label: Title Group: Ti Data: Grain and Fire : A History of Baking in the American South – Name: Abstract Label: Description Group: Ab Data: While a luscious layer cake may exemplify the towering glory of southern baking, like everything about the American South, baking is far more complicated than it seems. Rebecca Sharpless here weaves a brilliant chronicle, vast in perspective and entertaining in detail, revealing how three global food traditions—Indigenous American, European, and African—collided with and merged in the economies, cultures, and foodways of the South to create what we know as the southern baking tradition.Recognizing that sentiments around southern baking run deep, Sharpless takes delight in deflating stereotypes as she delves into the surprising realities underlying the creation and consumption of baked goods. People who controlled the food supply in the South used baking to reinforce their power and make social distinctions. Who used white cornmeal and who used yellow, who put sugar in their cornbread and who did not had traditional meanings for southerners, as did the proportions of flour, fat, and liquid in biscuits. By the twentieth century, however, the popularity of convenience foods and mixes exploded in the region, as it did nationwide. Still, while some regional distinctions have waned, baking in the South continues to be a remarkable, and remarkably tasty, source of identity and entrepreneurship. – Name: Author Label: Authors Group: Au Data: <searchLink fieldCode="AR" term="%22Rebecca+Sharpless%22">Rebecca Sharpless</searchLink> – Name: TypePub Label: Resource Type Group: TypPub Data: eBook. – Name: Subject Label: Subjects Group: Su Data: <searchLink fieldCode="DE" term="%22Baking--History%2E--Southern+States%22">Baking--History.--Southern States</searchLink><br /><searchLink fieldCode="DE" term="%22Cooking%2C+American--Southern+style%22">Cooking, American--Southern style</searchLink><br /><searchLink fieldCode="DE" term="%22Food+habits--Social+aspects--History%2E--South%22">Food habits--Social aspects--History.--South</searchLink><br /><searchLink fieldCode="DE" term="%22Cultural+fusion--History%2E--Southern+States%22">Cultural fusion--History.--Southern States</searchLink> – Name: SubjectBISAC Label: Categories Group: Su Data: <searchLink fieldCode="ZK" term="%22COOKING+%2F+Regional+%26+Cultural+%2F+American+%2F+Southern+States%22">COOKING / Regional & Cultural / American / Southern States</searchLink><br /><searchLink fieldCode="ZK" term="%22COOKING+%2F+Methods+%2F+Baking%22">COOKING / Methods / Baking</searchLink><br /><searchLink fieldCode="ZK" term="%22HISTORY+%2F+United+States+%2F+State+%26+Local+%2F+South+%28AL%2C+AR%2C+FL%2C+GA%2C+KY%2C+LA%2C+MS%2C+NC%2C+SC%2C+TN%2C+VA%2C+WV%29%22">HISTORY / United States / State & Local / South (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV)</searchLink> |
| PLink | https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=nlebk&AN=3029643 |
| RecordInfo | BibRecord: BibEntity: Classifications: – Code: 641.7 Scheme: ddc Type: prePub Languages: – Code: eng Text: English Subjects: – SubjectFull: Baking--History.--Southern States Type: general – SubjectFull: Cooking, American--Southern style Type: general – SubjectFull: Food habits--Social aspects--History.--South Type: general – SubjectFull: Cultural fusion--History.--Southern States Type: general Titles: – TitleFull: Grain and Fire : A History of Baking in the American South Type: main BibRelationships: HasContributorRelationships: – PersonEntity: Name: NameFull: Rebecca Sharpless – PersonEntity: Name: NameFull: Rebecca Sharpless IsPartOfRelationships: – BibEntity: Dates: – D: 01 M: 01 Type: published Y: 2022 – D: 08 M: 04 Type: profile Y: 2022 Identifiers: – Type: isbn-print Value: 9781469668369 – Type: isbn-electronic Value: 9781469668499 – Type: isbn-electronic Value: 9798890855749 Titles: – TitleFull: Grain and Fire : A History of Baking in the American South Type: main |
| ResultId | 1 |
