Creamy & Crunchy: An Informal History of Peanut Butter, the All-American Food by Krampner, Jon
Creamy & Crunchy: An Informal History of Peanut Butter, the All-American Food by Krampner, Jon

Creamy & Crunchy: An Informal History of Peanut Butter, the All-American Food

More than Mom's apple pie, peanut butter is the all-American food. With its rich, roasted-peanut aroma and...
$61.82 SGD
$61.82 SGD
SKU: 9780231162326
Product Type: Books
Please hurry! Only 696 left in stock
Author: Jon Krampner
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Subtotal: $61.82
Creamy & Crunchy: An Informal History of Peanut Butter, the All-American Food by Krampner, Jon

Creamy & Crunchy: An Informal History of Peanut Butter, the All-American Food

$61.82
Creamy & Crunchy: An Informal History of Peanut Butter, the All-American Food by Krampner, Jon

Creamy & Crunchy: An Informal History of Peanut Butter, the All-American Food

$61.82
Author: Jon Krampner
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Description
More than Mom's apple pie, peanut butter is the all-American food. With its rich, roasted-peanut aroma and flavor; caramel hue; and gooey, consoling texture, peanut butter is an enduring favorite, found in the pantries of at least 75 percent of American kitchens. Americans eat more than a billion pounds a year. According to the Southern Peanut Growers, a trade group, that's enough to coat the floor of the Grand Canyon (although the association doesn't say to what height).

Americans spoon it out of the jar, eat it in sandwiches by itself or with its bread-fellow jelly, and devour it with foods ranging from celery and raisins ("ants on a log") to a grilled sandwich with bacon and bananas (the classic "Elvis"). Peanut butter is used to flavor candy, ice cream, cookies, cereal, and other foods. It is a deeply ingrained staple of American childhood. Along with cheeseburgers, fried chicken, chocolate chip cookies (and apple pie), peanut butter is a consummate comfort food.

In Creamy and Crunchy are the stories of Jif, Skippy, Peter Pan; the plight of black peanut farmers; the resurgence of natural or old-fashioned peanut butter; the reasons why Americans like peanut butter better than (almost) anyone else; the five ways that today's product is different from the original; the role of peanut butter in fighting Third World hunger; and the Salmonella outbreaks of 2007 and 2009, which threatened peanut butter's sacred place in the American cupboard. To a surprising extent, the story of peanut butter is the story of twentieth-century America, and Jon Krampner writes its first popular history, rich with anecdotes and facts culled from interviews, research, travels in the peanut-growing regions of the South, personal stories, and recipes.

Author: Jon Krampner
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Published: 11/20/2012
Pages: 320
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.25lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.10w x 1.10d
ISBN: 9780231162326


Review Citation(s):
Library Journal 12/01/2012 pg. 104
Choice 05/01/2013

About the Author
Jon Krampner is the author of The Man in the Shadows: Fred Coe and the Golden Age of Television and Female Brando: The Legend of Kim Stanley. He received an A.B. in English literature from Occidental College and an M.A. in journalism from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He lives in Los Angeles.

Web site: www.creamyandcrunchy.comE-mail: pbj@creamyandcrunchy.comTwitter: @pbj06
Shipping & Return

Returns Policy

You may return most new, unopened items within 30 days of delivery for a full refund. We'll also pay the return shipping costs if the return is a result of our error (you received an incorrect or defective item, etc.).

You should expect to receive your refund within four weeks of giving your package to the return shipper, however, in many cases you will receive a refund more quickly. This time period includes the transit time for us to receive your return from the shipper (5 to 10 business days), the time it takes us to process your return once we receive it (3 to 5 business days), and the time it takes your bank to process our refund request (5 to 10 business days).

If you need to return an item, simply login to your account, view the order using the "Complete Orders" link under the My Account menu and click the Return Item(s) button. We'll notify you via e-mail of your refund once we've received and processed the returned item.

Shipping

We can ship to virtually any address in the world. Note that there are restrictions on some products, and some products cannot be shipped to international destinations.

When you place an order, we will estimate shipping and delivery dates for you based on the availability of your items and the shipping options you choose. Depending on the shipping provider you choose, shipping date estimates may appear on the shipping quotes page.

Please also note that the shipping rates for many items we sell are weight-based. The weight of any such item can be found on its detail page. To reflect the policies of the shipping companies we use, all weights will be rounded up to the next full pound.

Review