01773cam a2200313 i 4500 1164607112 TxAuBib 20170907120000.0 170316s2017||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2016055808 9780252082597 19.95 0252082591 19.95 DLC eng rda DLC TxAuBib rda Civitello, Linda, author. Baking powder wars : the cutthroat food fight that revolutionized cooking / Linda Civitello. Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2017] pages cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Heartland foodways. Includes bibliographical references and index. Introduction -- The burden of bread: bread before baking powder -- The liberation of cake: chemical independence, 1796 -- The rise of baking powder business: the Northeast, 1856-1876 -- The advertising war begins: corporate cookbooks, 1876-1888 -- The cream of tartar wars: battle royal, 1888-1899 -- The rise of baking powder business: the Midwest, 1880s-1890s -- The pure food war: outlaws in Missouri, 1899-1906 -- The alum war and World War I: "what a fumin' about egg albumen," 1907-1920 -- The Federal Trade Commission wars: the final federal battle, 1920-1929 -- The price war: the fight for the national market, 1930-1950 -- Baking powder today: post-World War II to the twenty-first century. 20170907. Baking powder United States History. Baking powder Economic aspects United States History. Heartland foodways. TXKIP