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Fried Walleye & Cherry Pie: Midwestern Writers on Food

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Fried Walleye & Cherry Pie: Midwestern Writers on FoodWith 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

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 pat . 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.


Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
Published: 11/01/2013
ISBN: 9780803236455
Pages: 258
Weight: 0.73lbs
Size: 8.49h x 5.61w x 0.66d
Award: IndieFab awards - Gold Medal Winner

Review Citations: Publishers Weekly 08/19/2013
Library Journal 09/15/2013 pg. 95
Booklist 10/01/2013 pg. 26
Shelf Awareness 11/19/2013
New York Times Book Review 12/15/2013 pg. 25

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