Fried walleye & cherry pie
Subtitle: Midwestern writers on food
By: edited and with an introduction by Peggy Wolff
Series: At table; At table series
Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
Published: 2013
Language: eng
Number of pages: 258
ISBN-13: 9780803236455
Copyright date: 2013
Subjects: Social life and customs; Midwestern style; Anecdotes; Miscellanea; Food habits; Cooking; American Authors; American Cooking; International cooking
Other titles: Midwestern writers on food
Description: "With its corn by the acre, beef on the hoof, Quaker Oats, and Kraft Mac n' Cheese, the Midwest eats pretty well and feeds the nation on the side. But there's more to the midwestern kitchen and palate than the farm food and sizable portions the region is best known for beyond its borders. It is to these heartland specialties, from the heartwarming to the downright weird, that Fried Walleye and Cherry Pie invites the reader. The volume brings to the table an illustrious gathering of thirty midwestern writers with something to say about the gustatory pleasures and peculiarities of the region. In a meditation on comfort food, Elizabeth Berg recalls her aunt's meatloaf. Stuart Dybek takes us on a school field trip to a slaughtering house, while Peter Sagal grapples with the ethics of pate;. Parsing Cincinnati five-way chili, Robert Olmstead digresses into questions of Aztec culture. Harry Mark Petrakis reflects on owning a South Side Chicago lunchroom, while Bonnie Jo Campbell nurses a sweet tooth through a fudge recipe in the Joy of Cooking and Lorna Landvik nibbles her way through the Minnesota State Fair. These are just a sampling of what makes Fried Walleye and Cherry Pie--with its generous helpings of laughter, culinary confession, and information--an irresistible literary feast. "--

"A collection of essays exploring the foods and food culture of the American Midwest"--
Table of contents: title: Midwestern Staples.; title: In the Midwest, It's Meatloaf  -- Elizabeth Berg; title: Field Trips  -- Stuart Dybek; title: Easter Island Almondine  -- Thom Jones; title: Sandwich That Is Chicago  -- Michael Stern; title: Cincinnati Five-Way Chili : Still Legal  -- Robert Olmstead; title: Corn in Heaven  -- Jacquelyn Mitchard; title: Let Them Eat Pâté  -- Peter Sagal; title: High on the Hog  -- Jon Yates; title: Chef and the Farmer  -- Gale Gand; title: Recipe : Goat Cheese Panna Cotta with Caramelized Figs --; title: Distant Cultures.; title: Art's Lunch  -- Harry Mark Petrakis; title: Tale of Two Tamales  -- Carol Mighton Haddix; title: Recipe: Beef Brisket, Savory Cherry Compote,and Jalapeño Cheese Tamales --; title: Le Dog, Ann Arbor, Michigan  -- Jules Van Dyck-Dobos; title: Night of the Rhubarb Kuchen  -- Anne Dimock; title: Recipes: Rhubarb Kram --; title: Rhubarb Kuchen with Almond Meringue --; title: Black Migration  -- Donna Pierce; title: Eat Now  -- Phyllis Florin; title: Door County Fish Boil  -- Peggy Wolff; title: Recipes: White Gull Inn Door County Cherry Pie --; title: White Gull Inn Fish Boil Recipe for Home Cooks --; title: Holidays, Fairs, and Events.; title: Thrill Food  -- John Markus; title: Under the Checkered Flag  -- Melanie Benjamin; title: Bicentennial Pie  -- Timothy Bascom; title: So You'll Diet Tomorrow  -- Lorna Landvik; title: Thanksgiving Dinner  -- Mary Kay Shanley; title: Recipe: Thanksgiving Stuffing with Cast-Iron Skillet Corn Bread --; title: Full Belly.; title: Tam-O-Shanter, Lincoln, Nebraska  -- Sherrie Flick; title: What Was Served  -- Douglas Bauer; title: Tomorrowland  -- Peter Meehan; title: I'll Eat Columbus  -- Molly O'Neill; title: On Cider, Cornmeal, and Comfort  -- Robin Mather; title: Recipe: Buttermilk Doughnuts with Cider Glaze --; title: Midwestern Sweet Tooth.; title: The Great American Pie Expedition  -- Sue Hubbell; title: Old sweetness  -- Bonnie Jo Campbell; title: Recipe: Fudge --; title: Little Cake Pan That Could  -- Bonny Wolf; title: Recipes: Chocolate Pistachio Cake --; title: Ella Helfrich'sTunnel of Fudge Cake --; title: When a Pie Is More Than a Pie  -- Jeremy Jackson; title: Recipe: Mildred Jackson's Lemon-y Cream Pie.