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Bite by Bite
American History through Feasts, Foods, and Side Dishes
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About The Book
As American as apple pie. It’s a familiar saying, yet gumbo and chop suey are also American! What we eat tells us who we are: where we’re from, how we move from place to place, and how we express our cultures and living traditions.
In twelve dishes that take readers from thousands of years ago through today, this book explores the diverse peoples and foodways that make up the United States. From First Salmon Feasts of the Umatilla and Cayuse tribes in the Pacific Northwest to fish fries celebrated by formerly enslaved African Americans, from “red sauce” Italian restaurants popular with young bohemians in the East to Cantonese restaurants enjoyed by rebellious young eaters in the West, this is the true story of the many Americas—laid out bite by bite.
About The Illustrator
Toni D. Chambers earned her BFA in illustration at the University of Massachusetts. Born to Jamaican immigrant parents, Toni has always had family, culture, and the arts as prominent inspiring forces in her life.
Product Details
- Publisher: Atheneum Books for Young Readers (May 28, 2024)
- Length: 176 pages
- ISBN13: 9781665935524
- Ages: 10 - 99
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"Rightly calling out the fallacy of regarding apple pie or any other food as quintessentially “American,” the authors have enlisted feedback from a squad of food historians to highlight dishes and cuisines that have earned significant places in this country’s story. . . . readers will come away with a food-forward overview of the “waves of prejudice and progress” that have characterized our multicultural history, not dating from 1492 or 1619 but from thousands of years ago."
– Kirkus Reviews
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