@article{349560, author = {Kurlansky, Mark.}, url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/349560}, title = {The food of a younger land : a portrait of American food : before the national highway system, before chain restaurants, and before frozen food, when the nation's food was seasonal, regional, and traditional : from the lost WPA files /}, publisher = {Riverhead Books,}, abstract = {Using long-forgotten WPA files archived in the Library of Congress, bestselling author Mark Kurlansky paints a detailed picture of Depression Era Americans through the food that they ate and the local traditions and customs they observed when planning and preparing meals.}, recid = {349560}, pages = {xviii, 397 p. :}, address = {New York :}, year = {2009}, }