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Tastes like chicken [large print] : a history of America's favorite bird / Emelyn Rude.

Rude, Emelyn, (author.).

Summary:

"Emelyn Rude details the ascendancy of chicken from its domestication nearly ten thousand years ago to its current status as our go-to meat"-- Provided by publisher.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781683243007
  • ISBN: 1683243005
  • Physical Description: 400 pages (large print) : illustrations ; 23 cm
  • Edition: Center Point Large Print edition.
  • Publisher: Thorndike, Maine : Center Point Large Print, 2017.

Content descriptions

General Note:
Originally published: New York : Pegasus Books, 2016.
Includes recipes.
Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references.
Formatted Contents Note:
The early bird -- A healing broth -- The general chicken merchants -- Of chicken and champagne -- The poor man's chicken -- America's egg basket -- Calories and constituents -- The kosher chicken wars -- Celia Steele's modest endeavor -- They saw in hens a way -- A chicken for every grill -- A nugget worth more than gold -- The tale of the Colonel and the General -- The modern chicken.
Subject:
Cooking (Chicken) > United States > History.
Genre:
Large print books.

Available copies

  • 2 of 2 copies available at NC Cardinal. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at McDowell County Public Library.

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Marion Library LP 641.66 RUD (Text) 37810435485692 Adult Large Print Nonfiction Available -