{"product_id":"the-truth-about-baked-beans-an-edible-history-of-new-england-hardcover","title":"The Truth about Baked Beans: An Edible History of New England - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMeg Muckenhoupt\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eForages through New England's most famous foods for the truth behind the region's culinary myths\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMeg Muckenhoupt begins with a simple question: When did Bostonians start making Boston Baked Beans? Storekeepers in Faneuil Hall and Duck Tour guides may tell you that the Pilgrims learned a recipe for beans with maple syrup and bear fat from Native Americans, but in fact, the recipe for Boston Baked Beans is the result of a conscious effort in the late nineteenth century to create New England foods. New England foods were selected and resourcefully reinvented from fanciful stories about what English colonists cooked prior to the American revolution--while pointedly ignoring the foods cooked by contemporary New Englanders, especially the large immigrant populations who were powering industry and taking over farms around the region. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Truth about Baked Beans\u003c\/i\u003e explores New England's culinary myths and reality through some of the region's most famous foods: baked beans, brown bread, clams, cod and lobster, maple syrup, pies, and Yankee pot roast. From 1870 to 1920, the idea of New England food was carefully constructed in magazines, newspapers, and cookbooks, often through fictitious and sometimes bizarre origin stories touted as time-honored American legends. This toothsome volume reveals the effort that went into the creation of these foods, and lets us begin to reclaim the culinary heritage of immigrant New England--the French Canadians, Irish, Italians, Portuguese, Polish, indigenous people, African-Americans, and other New Englanders whose culinary contributions were erased from this version of New England food. Complete with historic and contemporary recipes, The Truth about Baked Beans delves into the surprising history of this curious cuisine, explaining why and how \"New England food\" actually came to be.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMeg Muckenhoupt\u003c\/b\u003e is a freelance writer and author of \u003ci\u003eCabbage: A Global History\u003c\/i\u003e, among others. Her work has been featured in the \u003ci\u003eBoston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eBoston Phoenix\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBoston Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, and the \u003ci\u003eTime Out Boston\u003c\/i\u003e guide; her book \u003ci\u003eBoston Gardens and Green Spaces\u003c\/i\u003e (Union Park Press, 2010) is a \u003ci\u003eBoston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e Local Bestseller.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 352\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.3 x 9.1 x 6.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 25, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51984423518509,"sku":"9781479882762","price":32.19,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/cDFhWlJrUjVOc2t4cENvM0x4Z2JQUT09.webp?v=1776093107","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/the-truth-about-baked-beans-an-edible-history-of-new-england-hardcover","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}