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In this groundbreaking anthology, celebrated food writer Molly ONeill gathers the very best from over 250 years of American culinary history. This literary feast includes classic accounts of iconic American Henry David Thoreau on the delights of watermelon; Herman Melville, with a mouth-watering chapter on clam chowder; H. L. Mencken on the hot dog; M. F. K. Fisher in praise of the oyster; Ralph Ellison on the irresistible appeal of baked yam; William Styron on Southern fried chicken. American writers abroad, like A. J. Liebling, Waverly Root, and Craig Claiborne, describe the revelations they found in foreign restaurants; travellers to America, including the legendary French gourmet J. A. Brillat-Savarin, discover such native delicacies as turkey, Virginia barbecue, and pumpkin pie. Great chefs and noted critics discuss their culinary philosophies and offer advice on the finer points of technique; home cooks recount disasters and triumphs. A host of eminent American writers, from Nathaniel Hawthorne, Harriet Beecher Stowe, and Walt Whitman to Thomas Wolfe, Willa Cather, and Langston Hughes, add their distinctive viewpoints to the mix. American Food Writing celebrates the astonishi

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Author

Molly O'Neill

Publisher

Literary Classics of the United States

Published

2007

Language

EN

ISBN

9781598530056

Category

reference

Subjects

Anthropology, Education, Fiction

Rating

3.94 / 5 (229 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-13