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08/2019 DP www.press.uillinois.edu Sign up for our emails! Local Vino The Winery Boom in the Heartland JAMES R. PENNELL “Over the past generation or so, wine has become part of life in the American Midwest—not only in restaurants and home kitchens, but also on farms and in vineyards throughout the region. In this book, James Pennell tells the story of how, and most important, why, this has happened. As with the vintners he profiles, his is clearly a labor of love.”—Paul Lukacs, author of Inventing Wine: A New History of One of the World’s Most Ancient Pleasures 208 pp. 6 x 9. 23 b & w photos, 4 tables. 2017. Paperback 978-0-252-08225-2. $19.95; E-book A Perfect Pint’s Beer Guide to the Heartland MICHAEL AGNEW Beer writer and Certified Cicerone® Michael Agnew crisscrossed Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, and Wisconsin to create this region-wide survey of the Midwestern craft beer scene. 232 pp. 7 x 10. 174 color photos, 12 maps. 2014. Paperback 978-0-252-07827-9. $24.95; E-book Midwest Maize How Corn Shaped the U.S. Heartland CYNTHIA CLAMPITT “A controversial vegetable (or is it a grain?), corn has been alternately celebrated and excoriated in America. Food historian Cynthia Clampitt jumps into the fray with Midwest Maize. . . . Take a bite.” Los Angeles Magazine “A fascinating overview of the creation of the Corn Belt and its influence on the nation’s history.” Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society 304 pp. 6.125 x 9.25. 19 b & w photos. 2015. Paperback 978-0-252-08057-9. $19.95; E-book SERIES EDITOR: Bruce Kraig James Engelhardt, Acquisitions Editor University of Illinois Press 1325 South Oak St. Champaign, IL 61820-6903 [email protected] PLEASE DIRECT ALL QUESTIONS AND SUBMISSIONS TO: The Chicago Food Encyclopedia EDITED BY CAROL MIGHTON HADDIX, BRUCE KRAIG, AND COLLEEN TAYLOR SEN Foreword by Russell Lewis “This authoritative encyclopedia brings us closer to our city’s culinary past, present, and future. In exhaustive fashion, it offers a story, and I’ve al- ways said food with a story always tastes better. This is ours.”—Rick Bayless 352 pp. 8 x 10. 30 color photos, 91 b & w photos. 2017. Paperback 978-0-252-08724-0. $34.95; E-book Baking Powder Wars The Cutthroat Food Fight that Revolutionized Cooking LINDA CIVITELLO “Civitello connects the story of baking powder to much larger themes in American history, offering illuminating insights into how racial prejudices in- fluenced branding and marketing practices in the baking powder industry. . . . Foodies and culinary enthusiasts will find much to mine.” Wall Street Journal 264 pp. 6 x 9. 30 b & w photos, 12 tables. 2017. Paperback 978-0-252-08259-7. $19.95; E-book From the Jewish Heartland Two Centuries of Midwest Foodways ELLEN F. STEINBERG AND JACK H. PROST ”After delighting in the myriad tastes and tradi- tions of Midwestern Jewry summoned up by this evocative book, readers will be much less likely reflexively to think New York when they encounter the delights of the delicatessen or savor a tradi- tional Sabbath or other Jewish holiday dinner.” The Washington Times 224 pp. 6.125 x 9.25. 10 b & w photos. 2013. Paperback 978-0-252-07813-2. $19.95; E-book Farmers’ Markets of the Heartland JANINE MacLACHLAN “Fans of Midwestern farms and farmers markets are in for a literary treat. . . . Filled with tempting photos and select recipes, the book focuses on folks as much as food.”—Chicago Tribune “To read the stories of these farmers, managers, bakers, cheese makers, and others it to get a glimpse of our best possible food future.” Examiner.com 256 pp. 7.5 x 9. 70 color photos. 2012. Paperback 978-0-252-07863-7. $24.95; E-book EDITORIAL BOARD: Gary Fine, Northwestern University Robert Launay, Northwestern University Yvonne Lockwood, Michigan State University Museum Lucy Long, Bowling Green State University Rachelle H. Saltzman, Oregon Folklife Network Heartland Foodways

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Local VinoThe Winery Boom in the HeartlandJAMES R. PENNELL“Over the past generation or so, wine has become part of life in the American Midwest—not only in restaurants and home kitchens, but also on farms and in vineyards throughout the region. In this book, James Pennell tells the story of how, and most important, why, this has happened. As with the vintners he profiles, his is clearly a labor of love.”—Paul Lukacs, author of Inventing Wine: A New History of One of the World’s Most Ancient Pleasures208 pp. 6 x 9. 23 b & w photos, 4 tables. 2017. Paperback 978-0-252-08225-2. $19.95; E-book

A Perfect Pint’s Beer Guide to the HeartlandMICHAEL AGNEWBeer writer and Certified Cicerone® Michael Agnew crisscrossed Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, and Wisconsin to create this region-wide survey of the Midwestern craft beer scene. 232 pp. 7 x 10. 174 color photos, 12 maps. 2014. Paperback 978-0-252-07827-9. $24.95; E-book

Midwest MaizeHow Corn Shaped the U.S. HeartlandCYNTHIA CLAMPITT“A controversial vegetable (or is it a grain?), corn has been alternately celebrated and excoriated in America. Food historian Cynthia Clampitt jumps into the fray with Midwest Maize. . . . Take a bite.” —Los Angeles Magazine“A fascinating overview of the creation of the Corn Belt and its influence on the nation’s history.” —Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society304 pp. 6.125 x 9.25. 19 b & w photos. 2015. Paperback 978-0-252-08057-9. $19.95; E-book

SerieS editor: Bruce Kraig

James Engelhardt, Acquisitions Editor University of Illinois Press 1325 South Oak St. Champaign, IL 61820-6903 [email protected]

PleaSe direct all queStionS and SubmiSSionS to:

The Chicago Food EncyclopediaEDITED BY CAROL MIGHTON HADDIX, BRUCE KRAIG, AND COLLEEN TAYLOR SENForeword by Russell Lewis“This authoritative encyclopedia brings us closer to our city’s culinary past, present, and future. In exhaustive fashion, it offers a story, and I’ve al-ways said food with a story always tastes better. This is ours.”—Rick Bayless352 pp. 8 x 10. 30 color photos, 91 b & w photos. 2017. Paperback 978-0-252-08724-0. $34.95; E-book

Baking Powder WarsThe Cutthroat Food Fight that Revolutionized CookingLINDA CIVITELLO“Civitello connects the story of baking powder to much larger themes in American history, offering illuminating insights into how racial prejudices in-fluenced branding and marketing practices in the baking powder industry. . . . Foodies and culinary enthusiasts will find much to mine.” —Wall Street Journal264 pp. 6 x 9. 30 b & w photos, 12 tables. 2017. Paperback 978-0-252-08259-7. $19.95; E-book

From the Jewish HeartlandTwo Centuries of Midwest FoodwaysELLEN F. STEINBERG AND JACK H. PROST”After delighting in the myriad tastes and tradi-tions of Midwestern Jewry summoned up by this evocative book, readers will be much less likely reflexively to think New York when they encounter the delights of the delicatessen or savor a tradi-tional Sabbath or other Jewish holiday dinner.” —The Washington Times224 pp. 6.125 x 9.25. 10 b & w photos. 2013. Paperback 978-0-252-07813-2. $19.95; E-book

Farmers’ Markets of the HeartlandJANINE MacLACHLAN“Fans of Midwestern farms and farmers markets are in for a literary treat. . . . Filled with tempting photos and select recipes, the book focuses on folks as much as food.”—Chicago Tribune“To read the stories of these farmers, managers, bakers, cheese makers, and others it to get a glimpse of our best possible food future.” —Examiner.com256 pp. 7.5 x 9. 70 color photos. 2012. Paperback 978-0-252-07863-7. $24.95; E-book

editorial board: Gary Fine, Northwestern University Robert Launay, Northwestern UniversityYvonne Lockwood, Michigan State University MuseumLucy Long, Bowling Green State UniversityRachelle H. Saltzman, Oregon Folklife Network

Heartland Foodways

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