America Eats

Iowa City: University of Iowa Press. 1992. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Fine but for foxing to front edge, in fine dust jacket. A project assigned to Algren in the late 1930s when he was a member of the Illinois Writers Project (Federal Writers Project, WPA) investigating the foodways of the US--with an emphasis on regional and immigrant populations--the original manuscript went unpublished until it was resurrected here. Includes photographs and recipes. ; The Iowa Szathmary Culinary Arts Series; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 123 pp . (Inventory #: 32211)