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Ann G. Forcier's avatar

Love this!

Here's a book that fed my Acadian passion: French Taste in Atlantic Canada 1604-1758: a Gastronomic History by Anne Marie Lane Jonah and Chantal Véchambre. 2012. Sydney, NS: Cape Breton University Press. Story and recipes -- and bilingual! https://cbup.ca/books/lane-jonah-vechambre-french-taste-atlantic/

Also: Le Festival Cookbook: A Book of Franco-American recipes. 2021.Published by Imprimerie Ville de Papier. A collection of working class food recipes from the great migration from Quebec to New England from during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

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Lori Olson White's avatar

Thanks, @Ann! I’ll definitely check them out. I have little knowledge of Acadian culinary history.

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Amie McGraham's avatar

Added to my list! Thanks!

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gilly smith's avatar

Great list. Thank you. If you haven’t discovered my podcast, Cooking the Books, do have a listen. It’s broader than culinary history but as that’s one of my favourite subjects, I feature it quite often, and it’s always at the root of my episodes. This week, Felicity Cloake takes us from Peach Street to Lobster Lane in search of American food culture. https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/cooking-the-books-with-gilly-smith/id1499255116?i=1000714608813

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Lori Olson White's avatar

Hi, @Gilly - thanks so much for reaching out! I’m heading to you now!

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gilly smith's avatar

I hope you love it!

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Lynda Heines's avatar

Wow! The Square Meal sounds like one I need to read. My hubby gave me his copy of The Cooking Gene quite a while ago, but it's still sitting in the pile. Sounds like I've got some reading to catch up on! Thanks.

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Pat Willard's avatar

AbeBooks is very happy this morning for my order of a bushelful of your recommendations! Can't wait until they brighten my kitchen shelf!

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Kristi Chase's avatar

Philippa Pullar's Consuming Passions has lots of juicy history that kept me enthralled when it first came out. Claudia Roden's Book of Middle Eastern Food made me aware of how culture informs food. Hers was the first cookbook I ever bought. I measured all others by what she had given us. I have a few handwritten and compiled family cookbooks and numerous clipped food columns written by my father.

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Lori Olson White's avatar

Never heard of either of those but I’m checking them out now - Thanks so much, @Kristi!

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Kristi Chase's avatar

All of Claudia Roden's books are good but her Middle Eastern Food and her Jewish Food are the most personal. I also recommend Amitav Ghosh's The Nutmeg's Curse for history of the spice trade and imperialism.

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Lori Olson White's avatar

Thanks and added!

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Lisa Maguire's avatar

I haven't read any of these books! I will definitely add them to my list.

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Elizabeth Pizzinato's avatar

Loved this post and the recommendations, Lori!

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Ellen Kornmehl MD's avatar

My kind of list - loved 97 orchard and michael twitty’s reflections on traditional cooking and life

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Charlotte Zureick's avatar

Very cool! I will check these out. There are two culinary books about the Titanic, Last Dinner on the Titanic and the Last Night on the Titanic. I really enjoyed both especially the second one by an author named Veronica Hinke, she is great and has written other culinary books as well.

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Lori Olson White's avatar

Oh awesome those sound awesome - I’ll definitely check them out! Thanks.

My oldest grandson has been obsessed with everything Titanic since he was a tot - I’m always looking for Nana street cred 😉

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Charlotte Zureick's avatar

Awesome, I love it! Great post 😀

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