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Upcoming Books

Culinary Campaign: A History of Military Cuisine with Stories, Songs, and Recipes

by Lon P. Dawson with Floyd “Wes” Higgins and James Steinman

Culinary Campaign takes us back to the original thirteen colonies and the outbreak of the Revolutionary War. You’ll learn what the troops ate at Valley Forge as well as how to reproduce those meals yourself. Subsequent chapters focus on Northern and Southern provisions during the Civil War, how frontier soldiers foraged for food in the West, what troops ate at the front lines of WWI, how soldiers in Vietnam supplemented their rations packs, and even what soldiers of the future may survive on. All in all, it is a fascinating look at the role food has played in our country’s military campaigns. There are approximately 200 recipes with many stories, anecdotes, and songs to accompany them.

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Food, Folklore, and Mythology: Peru

Edited by Joanne Asala, Kimberly Plaxton-Drobot, and Robert Calhoun

The first of a planned series exploring the connection between food and folklore, this collection contains nearly 200 delicious examples of Peruvian cuisine. Discover how Spanish, Portuguese, African, Middle Eastern, and Chinese food traditions mingled with the indigenous cooking methods of the Incas and other civilizations of Peru.