A Culinary Tour Through Alabama History

by Monica Tapper

Overview

One of the surest ways to connect with the past is to sample what was on its plate. That's the goal with this gustatory journey through Alabama history. Sweetmeats with the governor's lonely, oft-depressed wife in 1832 Greensboro. Shrimp and crabmeat casserole at a long-departed preacher's house at the Gaines Ridge Dinner Club in Camden. Pimento cheese and tea with notes of cinnamon and citrus at the Bragg-Mitchell Mansion in Mobile. Poundcake from Georgia Gilmore's kitchen in Montgomery, where workaday freedom fighters and luminaries of the civil rights movement sought sustenance. Author Monica Tapper serves up a stick-to-your-ribs trek through Alabama history, providing classic recipes modified for the modern kitchen along the way.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781467149730
Publisher:	Arcadia Publishing SC
Publication date:	10/04/2021
Series:	American Palate
Pages:	144
Product dimensions:	5.90(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.40(d)

About the Author

Monica Tapper is a historian from Alabama. She holds a master's degree in history with a concentration in public history. She is interested in the intersection where food and history meet.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements 9

Introduction 11

1 Eat Your History 15

2 Alabama Becomes a State: 1819-18202 23

3 Early Statehood: 1820s-1830s 31

4 Antebellum Era: 1830s-1861 42

5 The Civil War: 1861-1865 57

6 After the War: 1866-1900s 72

7 The Birmingham Years: 1900s-1940s 82

8 World War II and Beyond: 1940s 96

9 Civil Rights: 1950s-1960s 105

10 Even More Historical Spots to Grab a Bite 113

Notes 125

Bibliography 135

About the Author 141