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Title This is the plate : Utah food traditions / edited by Carol A. Edison, Eric A.Eliason, Lynne S. McNeill.

Publication Info. Salt Lake City : University of Utah Press, [2020]
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Description 1 online resource (379 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color)
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Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary "This is a general interest work edited and compiled by three folklorists that looks at multiple cultural dimensions of foodways in Utah. The contributors to the collection are also predominantly, though not exclusively folklorists. Their subjects, then, particularly concern food and its production and consumption practices as everyday traditions, by which they mean forms of creative cultural sharing and communication, not some measure of age. They intend this book for a broad readership, and they also delve into mass-mediated and commercialized popular culture, whose boundary with folk, or vernacular, culture, especially when it comes to food, is often porous. In fact, they have already generated a substantial amount of popular media interest, particularly with regard to certain foods (such as fry sauce, Jell-O salads, or funeral potatoes) that are widely considered iconic Utah foods. While they deal with such foods, they seek to complicate the Utah menu with a much wider, multicultural range of topics and a broader, deeper folkloristic discussion"-- Provided by publisher.
Contents Intro -- DEDICATION -- CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- 1. INTRODUCTION: EAT, DRINK, AND BE MERRY,FOR TOMORROW YOU MAY BE IN UTAH -- PART I OFFICIAL FOODS / ICONS -- 2. UTAH'S ICONIC FOODS -- 3. NO HAPPY HOUR FOR HAPPY VALLEY -- 4. GREEN JELL-O -- 5. UTAH'S FRY SAUCE -- 6. FUNERAL POTATOES IN UTAH -- 7. UTAH SCONES -- 8. DUTCH-OVEN COOKING -- 9. THE SHORT SWEET HISTORY OFTHICK SHAKES -- 10. UTAH'S PASTRAMI BURGERS -- 11. BEES AND HONEY IN THE BEEHIVE STATE -- 12. SALT -- 13. SALT WATER TAFFY -- 14. OFFICIAL FOODS OF UTAH -- 15. THE UTAH FOODS COOK-OFF ATTHANKSGIVING POINT -- PART II HERITAGE
16. UTAH'S FOOD HERITAGE -- 17. BERRIES, ROOTS, GREENS, AND SEEDS -- 18. NATIVE AMERICAN FOODWAYS IN UTAH -- 19. LUMPY DICK AND FINNAN HADDIE -- 20. HOTEL UTAH HARD ROLLS -- 21. IN PRAISE OF IMMIGRANT ITALIANFOODWAYS IN UTAH -- 22. RAVIOLI FOR THANKSGIVING -- 23. STELLA'S ROOT CELLAR -- 24. JAPANESE NIKKEI SENIOR CENTERLUNCHEONS -- 25. KALI OREXI -- 26. BREWERIES IN LATE NINETEENTH-CENTURY LOGAN -- 27. THE FIRST KFC FRANCHISE -- 28. FISH TRAPS, NETS,AND FOOD ON THE TABLE -- 29. FOOD AND ME -- 30. ETHNIC RESTAURANTS IN SALT LAKE CITY -- 31. NAVAJO MUTTON STEW -- 32. HUNTING FOR FOOD
33. FORAGING UTAH-STYLE -- 34. MEXICAN FOOD -- 35. ASIAN FOODWAYS IN UTAH -- 36. GARDENING AS PLACEMAKINGIN UTAH COMMUNITIES -- 37. ETHNIC FESTIVALS -- PART III LATTER-DAY SAINT INFLUENCE -- 38. LATTER-DAY SAINT INFLUENCE -- 39. MORMON FOOD STORAGE -- 40. LEAH WIDTSOE AND DOMESTIC SCIENCEIN UTAH -- 41. SUNDAY DINNER -- 42. COMPASSIONATE SERVICE CASSEROLE -- 43. CANDY -- 44. ICONIC UTAH CHOCOLATIERS -- 45. ICE CREAM -- 46. POSTUM -- 47. APPLE BEER -- 48. HAWAIIAN HAYSTACKS -- 49. GENERAL CONFERENCE FOODS -- PART IV LOCAL SPECIALTIES -- 50. LOCAL FOOD TRADITIONS -- 51. PUTTING IT UP
52. UTAH'S FAMOUS FRUIT WAY -- 53. SMALL FRUIT AND BERRY PRODUCTION INCACHE VALLEY AND BEAR LAKE -- 54. GOSSNER CHEESE -- 55. CASPER'S ICE CREAM -- 56. GROUSE CREEK CHILI SAUCE -- 57. TURKEY, LAMB, AND AEBLESKIVERSIN SANPETE COUNTY -- 58. DIXIE SALAD -- 59. WINE IN NINETEENTH-CENTURY UTAH -- 60. THE BREAD (AND MILK) OF LIFE -- 61. AGRICULTURAL FESTIVALS -- PART V FOODWAYS TODAY -- 62. FOODWAYS TODAY -- 63. MRS. FIELDS LEGENDARY COOKIES -- 64. OLD-TIME COOKING -- 65. THE CONTEMPORARY FOOD SCENE IN UTAH -- 66. PROVO'S BLACK SHEEP CAFÉ -- 67. ARTISAN CHOCOLATE
68. THE FRESH-MEX SKIRMISHES OF CAFÉ RIOAND COSTA VIDA -- 69. HOMEMADE COSTA VIDA / CAFÉ RIO PORK -- 70. FARMERS MARKETS -- 71. ARTISAN BEER AND CHEESE -- 72. SODA POP WARS -- 73. PIE AND BEER DAY -- 74. REFUGEE FOODWAYS -- INDEX OF RECIPES -- CONTRIBUTORS
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Subject Food habits -- Utah.
Food habits.
Utah.
Food -- Religious aspects -- Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Food -- Religious aspects -- Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Added Author Edison, Carol A., editor.
Eliason, Eric A. (Eric Alden), 1967- editor.
McNeill, Lynne S., editor.
Other Form: Print version: This is the plate Salt Lake City : University of Utah Press, [2020] 9781607817406 (DLC) 2019040631
ISBN 9781607817413 electronic book
1607817411 electronic book
9781607817406 paperback