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Baking powder wars the cutthroat food fight that revolutionized cooking

Title
Baking powder wars [electronic resource] : the cutthroat food fight that revolutionized cooking / Linda Civitello.
Author
Civitello, Linda.
Publication
Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2017]

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1 online resource.
Series Statement
Heartland foodways
Uniform Title
Baking powder wars (Online)
Alternative Title
Baking powder wars (Online)
Subject
  • Baking powder > United States > History
  • Baking powder > Economic aspects > History. > United States
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Contents
Introduction -- The burden of bread: bread before baking powder -- The liberation of cake: chemical independence, 1796 -- The rise of baking powder business: the Northeast, 1856-1876 -- The advertising war begins: corporate cookbooks, 1876-1888 -- The cream of tartar wars: battle royal, 1888-1899 -- The rise of baking powder business: the Midwest, 1880s-1890s -- The pure food war: outlaws in Missouri, 1899-1906 -- The alum war and World War I: "what a fumin' about egg albumen," 1907-1920 -- The Federal Trade Commission wars: the final federal battle, 1920-1929 -- The price war: the fight for the national market, 1930-1950 -- Baking powder today: post-World War II to the twenty-first century.
LCCN
2017014066
OCLC
ssj0001812182
Author
Civitello, Linda.
Title
Baking powder wars [electronic resource] : the cutthroat food fight that revolutionized cooking / Linda Civitello.
Imprint
Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2017]
Series
Heartland foodways
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
Note
Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher.
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Available from home with a valid library card
Available onsite at NYPL
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Print version: Civitello, Linda, author. Baking powder wars Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2017] 9780252041082 (DLC) 2016055808
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