American Community Cookbooks

Don Lindgren and Mark Germer, UnXld: American Cookbooks of Community & Place volume I, Biddeford, Maine, Rabelais Inc., $50.00.

Authors

  • Blake Perkins Independent Scholar Author

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1558/ppc.27848

Keywords:

American Cookbooks, Community, Place, American, Cookbooks, review article, committee cookbooks, fundraising, women, female solidrity, ideology, cookbook genres

Abstract

This review article looks at a survey volume of American Community Cookbooks and analyses the importance of this particular cookbook genre.

Author Biography

  • Blake Perkins, Independent Scholar

    Blake Perkins spends a lot of time in Rhode Island where he writes quarterly posts at www.britishfoodinamerica.com. This is his tenth contribution to PPC.

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Published

2020-12-01

Issue

Section

Review Article

How to Cite

American Community Cookbooks: Don Lindgren and Mark Germer, UnXld: American Cookbooks of Community & Place volume I, Biddeford, Maine, Rabelais Inc., $50.00. (2020). Petits Propos Culinaires, 104-117. https://doi.org/10.1558/ppc.27848