Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: The secret life of recipes
  • "First, turn and face the stove." The recipe as an instruction guide
  • "You say tomāto, I say tomahto" : the recipe as conversation
  • A taste of home : the recipe for comfort cooking in tough times
  • Joys of cooking
  • and eating : the great American Thanksgiving celebration recipe
  • "Please, sir, I want some more." The recipe as a manifestation of power, politics poverty, and punishment
  • Play with your food, the recipe as jazz
  • Lagniappe : the best blueberry pie.