Stirring the Pot with Benjamin Franklin: A Founding Father's Culinary Adventures

by Rae Katherine Eighmey

Book Overview

In this remarkable work, Rae Katherine Eighmey presents Franklin's delight and experimentation with food throughout his life. At age sixteen, he began dabbling in vegetarianism. 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 tasty porridge he enjoyed. Franklin is known for his scientific discoveries,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 158834598X
• ISBN13: 9781588345981
• Release Date: January 2018
• Publisher: Smithsonian Books
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.28 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.2" x 9.0"