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

by Jon Krampner

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0231162324
• ISBN13: 9780231162326
• Release Date: November 2012
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.37 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.1" x 9.0"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher