Cooking on the Lewis and Clark Expedition (Exploring History Through Simple Recipes) [Library Binding]

Gunderson (Author), Mary (Author)

Book Description

Age Level: 8 and up | Grade Level: 3 and up | Series: Exploring History Through Simple Recipes

Discusses the everyday life, cooking methods, and foods eaten on the journey of Meriwether Lewis and William Clark up the Missouri River to the Pacific as they charted the vast territory of the Louisiana Purchase. Includes recipes.

Editorial Reviews

From School Library Journal

Grade 3-6-If readers like their history served up on a plate, then this series is for them. Historical narrative is blended with recipes of the time, thus giving glimpses of the period while introducing traditional foods of hungry cowboys, frontier families, and intrepid explorers of the 1800s. An editor's note explains that, "Although based on historical foods, recipes have been modernized and simplified for today's young cooks." Lewis and Clark draws clear connections from history to food by utilizing passages from Lewis's account of the journey. Foods and preparations follow the expedition's travels through various regions and include meals that are indigenous to the countryside. The favorite will probably be Cowboy Cooking. Heavily illustrated with photographs and complete with recipes for standard fare including biscuits, beans, and beef, this book gives readers a real sense of life on the dusty trail. There's even a section on etiquette and the cowboy "sweet tooth." Oregon Trail, the weakest of the three, intersperses recipes and historical information less smoothly. Perhaps it's the quirks of layout, but the placement of a lemonade recipe opposing the page giving an overview of the ill-fated Donner Party seems incongruous. Still, all three titles are visual delights that include many photographs and period illustrations.
Leslie Millrod, Westhampton Free Library, NY
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About the Author

Mary Gunderson is a Capstone Press author.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 8 and up
  
• Library Binding: 32 pages
• Publisher: Capstone Press (January 1, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0736803548
• ISBN-13: 978-0736803540
• Product Dimensions: 10.3 x 8.3 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,019,055 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Integrated Learning Series, January 13, 2008

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Dr. Joan E. Aitken "author of Interpersonal C... (Kansas City, MO United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Cooking on the Lewis and Clark Expedition (Exploring History Through Simple Recipes) (Library Binding)

This book is another interesting contribution to this series. The teacher may want to conduct a series study by having students look at the collection of books, for example. Students could compare recipes, for example, and draw conclusions about the availability of foods during certain periods in US history. They could make a comparison chart, for example. Each book would facilitate talk about history, actively engage students in a learning activity, practice the use of math, facilitate discussion kitchen safety, prompt talk about hygiene, enable use of maps and geography, and facilitate discussion of availability of crops and meat. Even if the class couldn't cook the items, the students could mix the items and the teacher could provide ones cooked at home. This book gives the opportunity to discuss practical math, history, safety, metric conversation, teamwork, and fruits and vegetables.

Gunderson, M. (2000). Cowboy Cooking: Exploring history through simple recipes. Mankato, MN: Blue Earth Books.

Gunderson, M. (2000). Pioneer farm cooking: Exploring history through simple recipes. Mankato, MN: Blue Earth Books.

Gunderson, M. (2000). Oregon trail cooking: Exploring history through simple recipes. Mankato, MN: Blue Earth Books.

Gunderson, M. (2000). Southern plantation cooking: Exploring history through simple recipes. Mankato, MN: Blue Earth Books.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars interesting facts, October 13, 2007

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Anita Alvarez "psnivy" (Illinois) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Cooking on the Lewis and Clark Expedition (Exploring History Through Simple Recipes) (Library Binding)

Cute book which adds interest to any Lewis and Clark lesson. Recipes are interesting. Very nice book.