Kansas City: A Food Biography (Big City Food Biographies)

Kansas City: A Food Biography (Big City Food Biographies)

While some cities owe their existence to lumber or oil, turpentine or steel, Kansas City owes its existence to food. From its earliest days, Kansas City was in the business of provisioning pioneers and traders headed west, and later with provisioning the nation with meat and wheat. Throughout its history, thousands of Kansas Citians have also made their living providing meals and hospitality to travelers passing through on their way elsewhere, be it by way of a steamboat, Conestoga wagon, train, automobile, or airplane. As Kansas Cityâ€™s adopted son, Fred Harvey sagely noted, â€œTravel follows good food routes,â€ and Kansas Cityâ€™s identity as a food city is largely based on that fact. Kansas City: A Food Biography explores in fascinating detail how a frontier town on the edge of wilderness grew into a major metropolis, one famous for not only great cuisine but for a crossroads hospitality that continues to define it. Kansas City: A Food Biography also explores how politics, race, culture, gender, immigration, and art have forged the cityâ€™s most iconic dishes, from chili and steak to fried chicken and barbecue. In lively detail, Andrea Broomfield brings the Kansas City food scene to life.

Country	USA
Brand	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Manufacturer	Rowman & Littlefield
Binding	Hardcover
PartNumber	5 black & white illustrations, 10 black
Height	9
Length	5.999988
Weight	1.13978989454
Width	0.7499985
ReleaseDate	2016-02-25
NumberOfItems	1

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