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Midwestern Food

A Chef's Guide to the Surprising History of a Great American Cuisine, with More Than 100 Tasty Recipes

by Paul Fehribach
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An acclaimed chef offers a historically informed cookbook that will change how you think about Midwestern cuisine.

Celebrated chef Paul Fehribach has made his name serving up some of the most thoughtful and authentic regional southern cooking—not in the South, but in Chicago at Big Jones. But over the last several years, he has been looking to his Indiana roots in the kitchen, while digging deep into the archives to document and record the history and changing foodways of the Midwest.

Fehribach is as painstaking with his historical research as he is with his culinary execution. In Midwestern Food, he focuses not only on the past and present of Midwestern foodways but on the diverse cultural migrations from the Ohio River Valley north- and westward that have informed them. Drawing on a range of little-explored sources, he traces the influence of several heritages, especially German, and debunks many culinary myths along the way.

The book is also full of Fehribach's delicious recipes informed by history and family alike, such as his grandfather's favorite watermelon rind pickles; sorghum-pecan sticky rolls; Detroit-style coney sauce; Duck and manoomin hotdish; pawpaw chiffon pie; strawberry pretzel gelatin salad (!); and he breaks the code to the most famous Midwestern pizza and BBQ styles you can easily reproduce at home. But it is more than just a cookbook, weaving together historical analysis and personal memoir with profiles of the chefs, purveyors, and farmers who make up the food networks of the region.

The result is a mouth-watering and surprising Midwestern feast from farm to plate. Flyover this!

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    September 20, 2023

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      • ISBN: 9780226819525

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      • ISBN: 9780226819525
      • File size: 4756 KB

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    • English

  • Reviews

    • Booklist

      September 1, 2023
      Chicago chef and restaurateur Fehribach (Big Jones Cookbook, 2015) presents a master class in a cuisine that has a far-reaching popularity for its salt-of-the-earth origins and deep history. At first glance, readers may see this title as an academic work--and it certainly could be used for that purpose--but Fehribach's voice is friendly and welcoming, sharing engaging personal stories and extensive research. The included recipes have been around for three generations, and have been tasted and tested. Nostalgic dishes like chowchow and chili sauce will transport readers back to their grandparents' kitchen, while others, like toasted ravioli and Italian beef, explain the origins of culinary legends. Interesting vignettes about "locals" who are supporting midwestern foodways are dotted throughout, as are vintage advertisements that serve as primary source illustrations. Any midwesterner past or present will enjoy reading about the history of their food and discovering recipes for old favorites and lost gems; all will revel in the detail and nostalgia of Fehribach's tribute to midwestern food.

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