Description: Celebrated food historian and cookbook writer William Woys Weaver delves deeply into the history of Pennsylvania Dutch cuisine to sort fact from fiction in the foodlore of this unique American culture.
Brief description: William Woys Weaver is an internationally known food historian and author of 22 books, including As American as Shoofly Pie: The Foodlore and Fakelore of Pennsylvania Dutch Cuisine, also available from the University of Pennsylvania Press.
Review Quotes: "Weaver's book, written in a straightforward, journalistic style, is an important addition to the work surrounding food studies. He incorporates primary documents, including a compilation of important recipes; literature; personal interviews; and historical cookbooks, to report the history and development of the cuisine. This pioneering research lays the groundwork both for further exploration of Pennsylvania Dutch cookery as well as the identification and study of other regional diets that, as a whole, form an American cuisine."-- "Journal of American Culture"