How Iowa Cooks or Boomtown Saloons

How Iowa Cooks: A Collection of Recipes from People of Iowa

Author: Tipton Womens Club

Drawing from the repertoires of cooks in the "breadbasket of America", with more than 600 recipes for a wide variety of wholesome, economical meals. Included are dishes from appetizers to meat, fowl, and seafood, to desserts. One section is 37 recipes devoted to dishes featuring the corn for which Iowa is famous.

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Boomtown Saloons: Archaeology and History in Virginia City

Author: Kelly J Dixon

Boomtown Saloons has been heralded as a groundbreaking book on the historical archaeology of the Old West. Its account of the excavation and analysis of four nineteenth-century Virginia City, Nevada, saloon sites offers a provocative new interpretation of the role of saloons in a mining boomtown. Dixon, who participated in the excavation projects, discusses the meticulous work of the modern archaeologist, the technologies involved in analyzing evidence, and what these discoveries tell us about Virginia City's people and their social habits. Contrary to the image, perpetuated by films and legend, of Old West saloons as sites of violence and raucous entertainment, these establishments-including one owned by an African American businessman that offered some of the finest meals in the city-offered patrons a place to relax and dine with friends, participate in gambling and other amusements, and find refuge from the anonymity and isolation that often afflicts a transient population. Boomtown Saloons' sparkling text and thoughtful interpretation of both physical and documentary evidence reveal a hitherto unknown aspect of the material life and culture of one of the Old West's most storied cities. Dixon persuasively demonstrates that the traditional western saloon had a far more socially and ethnically diverse clientele than previously believed, and that it served a vital, complex social and economic role in its community.

About the Author:
Kelly J. Dixon is a professor of anthropology at the University of Montana

Table of Contents:

	Introduction : historical archaeology methods : much more than digging with small tools	1
1	Opening saloon doors : archaeology unearths the real mother lode	23
2	Facades of public drinking : saloon architecture	43
3	Authentic saloon sets : interior fixtures	55
4	Menu items : drinking and dining in Virginia City saloons	73
5	A toast to the artifacts : saloon serving ware	99
6	Desires for diversion : saloon vices and amusements	112
7	Crime scene investigation? : forensic applications and saloon artifacts	136
	Conclusion : casting the saloon of the wild west in a new light	147