Searching for America's Lost Foods in the Footsteps of Samuel Clemens
by
Andrew Beahrs
Language: English
Release Date: June 24, 2010
One young food writer's search for America's lost wild foods, from New Orleans croakers to Illinois Prairie hen, with Mark Twain as his guide.
In the winter of 1879, Mark Twain paused during a tour of Europe to compose a fantasy menu of the American dishes he missed the most. He was desperately...