America's Oddest Foods

America's Oddest Foods
Title America's Oddest Foods PDF eBook
Author Joe Yerdon
Publisher Gareth Stevens Publishing LLLP
Pages 34
Release 2015-12-15
Genre Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN 148244013X

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From sea to shining sea, America loves to eat. This book takes readers on a journey through America’s sometimes-wacky digestive system via its weirdest diners, restaurants, and kitchens. Readers will love diving in to the culinary interests of America’s people, from strange meats like squirrel and possum to wild fruit and vegetable mixes like Jell-O salad. High-interest subject matter and amazingly odd photographs give readers a look at all the weird things people deep-fry at county fairs and the crazy concoctions different parts of the nation call “home cooking.”

We Eat What?

We Eat What?
Title We Eat What? PDF eBook
Author Jonathan Deutsch
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Pages 356
Release 2018-05-25
Genre Cooking
ISBN 1440841128

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This entertaining and informative encyclopedia examines American regional foods, using cuisine as an engaging lens through which readers can deepen their study of American geography in addition to their understanding of America's collective cultures. Many of the foods we eat every day are unique to the regions of the United States in which we live. New Englanders enjoy coffee milk and whoopie pies, while Mid-Westerners indulge in deep dish pizza and Cincinnati chili. Some dishes popular in one region may even be unheard of in another region. This fascinating encyclopedia examines over 100 foods that are unique to the United States as well as dishes found only in specific American regions and individual states. Written by an established food scholar, We Eat What? A Cultural Encyclopedia of Bizarre and Strange Foods in the United States covers unusual regional foods and dishes such as hoppin' Johns, hush puppies, shoofly pie, and turducken. Readers will get the inside scoop on each food's origins and history, details on how each food is prepared and eaten, and insights into why and how each food is celebrated in American culture. In addition, readers can follow the recipes in the book's recipe appendix to test out some of the dishes for themselves. Appropriate for lay readers as well as high school students and undergraduates, this work is engagingly written and can be used to learn more about United States geography.

Strange Foods

Strange Foods
Title Strange Foods PDF eBook
Author Michael J. Rosen
Publisher
Pages 0
Release 2014
Genre
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Discover all kinds of unusual foods from around the world.

America's Oddest Laws

America's Oddest Laws
Title America's Oddest Laws PDF eBook
Author Michael Canfield
Publisher Gareth Stevens Publishing LLLP
Pages 34
Release 2015-12-15
Genre Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN 1482440296

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The law of the land is not always uniform, and this wacky book is proof. Intrigued readers dive into the law books of America’s cities and towns, passing by all the boring stuff and getting down to the just plain weird. Forget jaywalking and other everyday crimes—in West Virginia it’s illegal to use a ferret for hunting! Incredibly engaging text and wild photographs help make sure readers won’t play bingo for too long in North Carolina and stay on the right side of the law when collecting seaweed in New Hampshire.

America's Oddest Hobbies

America's Oddest Hobbies
Title America's Oddest Hobbies PDF eBook
Author Michael Canfield
Publisher Gareth Stevens Publishing LLLP
Pages 34
Release 2015-12-15
Genre Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN 1482440180

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Leisure time is for people do anything they want, but sometimes their interests are really freaky. While some people like to read books and others play board games with their families, many hobbies are a bit stranger. This wild book looks at the collections Americans treasure and the games they love—even if the collection is of their own fingernails and the game is bug fighting! Engaging subject matter and incredible photos show Americans relaxing in the oddest ways imaginable, delighting even the most reluctant of readers.

America's Oddest Legends

America's Oddest Legends
Title America's Oddest Legends PDF eBook
Author Caitie McAneney
Publisher Gareth Stevens Publishing LLLP
Pages 34
Release 2015-12-15
Genre Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN 1482440342

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America isn’t old when compared to other countries, but it has its fair share of odd myths and legends. From the myths of Pecos Bill to the Legend of Sleepy Hollow, our history has quirks and stories spanning all 50 states in the union. Readers explore the dark depths of storytelling in this exciting book filled with high-interest tales of American legends. Full-color photographs and freaky graphics help tell the tales that terrified—or just plain weirded out—American children for generations in certain cities or states.

Unmentionable Cuisine

Unmentionable Cuisine
Title Unmentionable Cuisine PDF eBook
Author Calvin W. Schwabe
Publisher University of Virginia Press
Pages 492
Release 1979
Genre Cooking
ISBN 9780813911625

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Includes recipes for cooking horse meat, goats, dogs, cats, rats, rabbits, hares, squirrels, turtles, snakes, eels, sharks, frogs, and insects, among other unusual food sources.