Write a 5 page paper in which you analyze your cookbook as a work of literature, focusing on the ways the author conveys cultural ideas around food preparation at that time and place.
These questions, as appropriate for your book, will help you find evidence for your analysis:
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Subject headings that might be useful for finding cookbooks in the URSUS or MaineCat catalogs include:
Cookbooks
Cooking African
Cooking American
Cooking American Maine
Cooking American New England Style
Cooking American Southern Style
Cooking Asian
Cooking Chinese
Cooking Creole
Cooking Cuban
Cooking French
Cooking German
Cooking Greek
Cooking Irish
Cooking Italian
Cooking Korean
Cooking Latin American
Cooking Medieval
Cooking Mediterranean
Cooking Mexican
Cooking Middle Eastern
Cooking Roman
Cooking Russian
Cooking Vietnamese
Holiday cooking
Indian Cooking
Jewish Cooking
If the type of cooking you are researching isn't included above, try a subject search for Cooking ______ (the name of the country or type of cooking) or _______ Cooking and chances are you'll find something.