{"product_id":"creamy-crunchy-an-informal-history-of-peanut-butter-the-all-american-food-9780231162333","title":"Creamy \u0026 Crunchy: An Informal History of Peanut Butter, the All-American Food","description":"More than Mom's apple pie, peanut butter is the all-American food. With its rich, roasted-peanut aroma and flavor; caramel hue; and gooey, consoling texture, peanut butter is an enduring favorite, found in the pantries of at least 75 percent of American kitchens. Americans eat more than a billion pounds a year. According to the Southern Peanut Growers, a trade group, that's enough to coat the floor of the Grand Canyon (although the association doesn't say to what height). \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAmericans spoon it out of the jar, eat it in sandwiches by itself or with its bread-fellow jelly, and devour it with foods ranging from celery and raisins (\"ants on a log\") to a grilled sandwich with bacon and bananas (the classic \"Elvis\"). Peanut butter is used to flavor candy, ice cream, cookies, cereal, and other foods. It is a deeply ingrained staple of American childhood. Along with cheeseburgers, fried chicken, chocolate chip cookies (and apple pie), peanut butter is a consummate comfort food. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eCreamy and Crunchy\u003c\/i\u003e are the stories of Jif, Skippy, Peter Pan; the plight of black peanut farmers; the resurgence of natural or old-fashioned peanut butter; the reasons why Americans like peanut butter better than (almost) anyone else; the five ways that today's product is different from the original; the role of peanut butter in fighting Third World hunger; and the Salmonella outbreaks of 2007 and 2009, which threatened peanut butter's sacred place in the American cupboard. To a surprising extent, the story of peanut butter is the story of twentieth-century America, and Jon Krampner writes its first popular history, rich with anecdotes and facts culled from interviews, research, travels in the peanut-growing regions of the South, personal stories, and recipes.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eJon Krampner is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Man in the Shadows: Fred Coe and the Golden Age of Television\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eFemale Brando: The Legend of Kim Stanley\u003c\/i\u003e. He received an A.B. in English literature from Occidental College and an M.A. in journalism from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He lives in Los Angeles. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWeb site: www.creamyandcrunchy.comE-mail: pbj@creamyandcrunchy.comTwitter: @pbj06\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Columbia University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50410004644114,"sku":"9780231162333","price":32.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_3792e735-4d76-4f7c-b458-e6e815898a96.jpg?v=1729298200","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/creamy-crunchy-an-informal-history-of-peanut-butter-the-all-american-food-9780231162333","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}