America Eats! : On the Road with the Wpa: The Fish Fries, Box Supper Socials, and Chitlin Feasts That Define Real American Food

from ValerieAndBooks

The Works Progress Administration, or WPA, funded many employment projects during the Great Depression in America. Most people, including myself, probably think of these projects as structural-related: building bridges, dams, and the like. One lesser-known program funded by the WPA was the "Ameri...

from ValerieAndBooks

The Works Progress Administration, or WPA, funded many employment projects during the Great Depression in America. Most people, including myself, probably think of these projects as structural-related: building bridges, dams, and the like. One lesser-known program funded by the WPA was the "Ameri...

from amy1705

This was a good book that gave some of the history of social eating in America during the early part of the 20th century. The author went on several road trips to discover if this type of gathering still existed in the US with some interesting results. The prose was a bit dry and it took me quite...

from karenmerguerian

I was disappointed. The topic and the history of the America Eats project seems so promising, but I think the premise is actually flawed--the original editors at the Federal Writers Project explicitly stated they didn't want recipes, they wanted information about the social aspects of food. That'...

from NellieMc

This really is an excellent book, as long as you aren't looking for recipes or elaborate descriptions of dishes. It's really a social history, written in a few instances by some excellent writers. There are two chapters in particular that would easily make any "Best of" collection - Thresher's Di...