Stirring the Pot with Benjamin Franklin: A Founding Father's Culinary Adventures
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| Rating | : | 4.28 (629 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 158834598X |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 304 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-08-21 |
| Language | : | English |
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RAE KATHERINE EIGHMEY is an award-winning author, food historian, and cook. . She is the author of numerous books, including Abraham Lincoln in the Kitchen, Soda Shop Salvation, and Food Will Win the War
. She is the author of numerous books, including Abraham Lincoln in the Kitchen, Soda Shop Salvation, and Food Will Win the War. About the Author RAE KATHERINE EIGHMEY is an award-winning author, food historian, and cook
Eighmey revives and re-creates recipes from each chapter in his life. Later in life, on his diplomatic missions--he lived fifteen years in England and nine in France--Franklin ate like a local. In this remarkable culinary biography, Rae Katherine Eighmey presents Benjamin Franklin's experimentation with food throughout his life. In his early twenties, citing the health benefits of water over alcohol, he convinced his printing press colleagues to abandon their traditional breakfast of beer and bread for "water gruel," a kind of porridge he enjoyed. Eighmey discovers the meals served at his London home-away-from-home and analyzes his account books from Passy, France, for tips to his diet there. Yet he also longed for American foods; his wife Deborah sent over some favorites i