As American as Shoofly Pie

William Woys Weaver

Published by University of Pennsylvania Press 2013

As American as Shoofly Pie

The Foodlore and Fakelore of Pennsylvania Dutch Cuisine

William Woys Weaver

https://doi.org/10.9783/9780812207712

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About this book

Celebrated food historian and cookbook writer William Woys Weaver delves deeply into the history of Pennsylvania Dutch cuisine to sort fact from fiction in the foodlore of this unique American culture.

Author information

William Woys Weaver is an independent food historian and author of numerous books, including Culinary Ephemera: An Illustrated History and Sauerkraut Yankees: Pennsylvania Dutch Food and Foodways. He also directs the Keystone Center for the Study of Regional Foods and Food Tourism and maintains the Roughwood Seed Collection for heirloom food plants.

Reviews

"Weaver seems to have had a ripping good time unmasking the fake Pennsylvania Dutch tourist culture, with its hex signs (bogus) and windmills (faux) and buffets designed to fill up busloads of tourists on a budget. . . . At the same time, Weaver has taken seriously his mission to rediscover the foods of his ancestors, interviewing hundreds of people over 30 years."—NPR's The Salt

"Weaver's book, written in a straightforward, journalistic style, is an important addition to the work surrounding food studies. He incorporates primary documents, including a compilation of important recipes; literature; personal interviews; and historical cookbooks, to report the history and development of the cuisine. This pioneering research lays the groundwork both for further exploration of Pennsylvania Dutch cookery as well as the identification and study of other regional diets that, as a whole, form an American cuisine."—Journal of American Culture

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INTRODUCTION. Deep Fried Meets Dutchified: Food Mirrors the Culture Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
CHAPTER 1. It Began in Bethlehem Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	11
CHAPTER 2. The Hasenpfeffer Dutch: The Urban and Rural Elites Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	27
CHAPTER 3. Our Dumpling Culture and the “Swabian Third” Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	35
CHAPTER 4. Seimawe: Tourism Reshapes a Food Icon Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	42
CHAPTER 5. The Buckwheat Dutch: “We Ain’t Towner Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	49
CHAPTER 6. The Creation of the “Amish Table ” Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	67
CHAPTER 7. The Cabbage Curtain Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	87
CHAPTER 8. Waffle Palaces Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	97
CHAPTER 9. Consider the Groundhog Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	109
CHAPTER 10. The Amish Table Goes Dutch Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	119
CHAPTER 11. The Kutztown Folk Festival Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	149
CHAPTER 12. New Dutch Cuisine and the Greening of the Amish Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	169
Recipes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	178
Recipes by Category Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	276
Glossary of Pennsylvania Dutch Food Terms Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	278
Notes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	285
Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	291
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	305
Acknowledgments Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	317

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Language: English
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Audience: General/trade;
Pages
- Main content: 328
Illustrations
- Other: 59 illus.
Keywords: Cultural Studies; Books of Regional Interest; American History; American Studies

eBook

Published: April 11, 2013
ISBN: 9780812207712