The Frugal gourmet on our immigrant ancestors : recipes you should have gotten from your grandmother

Smith, Jeff 1939-2004 (Author).

Summary: Featuring the cuisine of thirty-five different ethnic groups, this collection of more than four hundred recipes encompasses easy-to-prepare dishes ranging from appetizers to desserts.

Record details

ISBN: 9780688075903
ISBN: 0688075908
Physical Description: print
539 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: New York : William Morrow, ©1990.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 518-523) and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Introduction -- Glossary -- Hints -- Kitchen equipment -- Cooking methods and terms -- Ingredients, condiments and food definitions -- Herbs and spices -- The immigrant experience -- The recipes : The Armenian immigrants -- The Basque immigrants -- The Cambodian immigrants -- The Cuban immigrants -- The Ethiopian immigrants -- The Filipino immigrants -- The German immigrants -- The Hawaiian immigrants -- The Hungarian immigrants -- The Indian immigrants -- The Irish immigrants -- The Jamaican immigrants -- The Japanese immigrants -- The Jewish immigrants -- The Korean immigrants -- The Latvian immigrants -- The Lebanese immigrants -- The Lithuanian immigrants -- The Mexican immigrants -- The Moroccan immigrants -- The Norwegian immigrants -- The Persian immigrants -- The Polish immigrants -- The Portuguese immigrants -- The Romanian immigrants -- The Russian immigrants -- The Saudi Arabian immigrants -- The Scottish immigrants -- The Spanish immigrants -- The Swedish immigrants -- The Thai immigrants -- The Vietnamese immigrants -- The Yugoslavian immigrants -- Epilogue.