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Slumps, grunts, and snickerdoodles

what Colonial America ate and why

by Lila Perl

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Examines the diets and culinary innovations of the American colonists and gives thirteen colonial recipes, including succotash, snickerdoodles, and spoon bread.

American CookeryJuvenile literatureSocial life and customsAmerican CookingUnited states, history, colonial period, ca. 1600-1775United states, history, colonial period, ca. 1600-1775, juvenile literatureFood