num_pages: 242
description: For topping French fries or cottage cheese, K rations or school lunches, ketchup has long been an American favorite. In Pure Ketchup, Andrew F. Smith chronicles American milestones in ketchup history, including colonial adaptations of popular British mushrooms, anchovy, and walnut ketchups, the rise of tomato-based ketchup, the proliferation of commercial bottling after the Civil War, debates over preservatives, the resurgence of homemade and designer varieties, and a recent challenge from salsa. He also includes 110 historical recipes.
language: English
title: Pure Ketchup: A History of America's National Condiment
titlecomplete: Pure Ketchup: A History of America's National Condiment
genres: History, Cooking, Cookbooks, Food History, Food, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 28
publisher: Smithsonian