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The food of a younger land : the Southwest eats : 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

Mark Kurlansky, United States Works Progress Administration
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
eBook, English, 2009
Riverhead Books, New York, 2009