Cookbook Passion Exploring a Culinary History

by Grogan, Pamela Kure; Grogan, S.P.

• ISBN13: 9781592112029
• ISBN10: 1592112021
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2023-03-21
• Publisher: Gaudium Publishing

Summary

A cookbook with a historic recipe anthology does not easily define the wonder of tracking the evolution of the cookbook and the modernization of the kitchen. Pamela Kure Grogan's My Cookbook Passion draws upon a vintage selection from her 3,000 volume cookbook collection showcasing the changing palates of those at-home and at-travel epicureans. In it, she visualizes the impact of various world wars, financial depressions, expanding transcontinental auto usage, and the technological advancement of utensils and ingredients used in the kitchen on the public's taste.

 

My Cookbook Passion is a color panorama of historic cookbooks and recipes with the stories of how such books came into being. Chapters include: "Entertaining is Fun"; "Reach for the Stars" on celebrities; "Inns & Farms"; books on food publishers like Barrows & Co; and a list of famous chefs and their restaurants, most now gone from the scene. There are even hints about becoming a discerning cookbook collector. 

 

Pamela Kure Grogan worked for twenty years as Store Manager at Williams Sonoma and at Sur La Table kitchen stores. She also served as Food Editor for an online food company. Today, Pamela is an active 'passionate baker' with her fan-followed social media sites, kitchen a'stir, and now www.cookbookpassion.com 

 

 My Cookbook Passion reaches several audiences: chefs, food lovers, and those at home who want to try the heirloom recipes. More than a cookbook, My Cookbook Passion can serve as a colorful coffee table book or a well-worn cooking resource guide. It is a travel history where nostalgia becomes refreshed and relevant, and one reads into the pages the passion of Pamela Kure Grogan's recipe selections of the timeless.

Author Biography

Pamela Kure Grogan worked for twenty years as Store Manager at Williams Sonoma and at Sur La Table kitchen stores. She also served as Food Editor for an online food company. Today, Pamela is an active 'passionate baker' with her fan-followed social media sites, kitchen a'stir, and now www.cookbookpassion.com

Author S.P. Grogan is a best-selling author specializing in historical fiction. He lives in Las Vegas with wife Pamela. His career included stints as a high school and college editor, a newspaper reporter, founder and editor of an underground hippie newspaper, and editor & publisher of an entertainment industry magazine. His life experiences include being an entrepreneurial businessman. He is well known for his best-selling Quest Mystery ™ series Vegas Die and Captain Cooked. His writings include historical fiction themes, With Revenge Comes Terror and Atomic Dreams at the Red Tiki Lounge.

Table of Contents

CHAPTER ONE - Basic Ingredients CHAPTER TWO - Reach for the Stars… CHAPTER THREE - Publishing Houses: Barrows CHAPTER FOUR - More Barrows Mixed Drinks CHAPTER FIVE - International CHAPTER SIX - Men at Work CHAPTER SEVEN - Inns & Farms CHAPTER EIGHT - Publishers: Farm Journal CHAPTER NINE - Reservations Preferred CHAPTER TEN - Jovial Ghosts of Dining CHAPTER ELEVEN - Super American Chefs CHAPTER TWELVE - Bottoms Up CHAPTER THIRTEEN - Entertainment is Fun! CHAPTER FOURTEEN -Social Studies CHAPTER FIFTEEN - Tradition CHAPTER SIXTEEN - Return to the Stars CHAPTER SEVENTEEN - Final Musings Parts One, Two & Three Recipe Index