Cookie Table, The : A Steel Valley Tradition.

ISBN:

9781439677766

Title:

Author:

Crosetto, Alice J.

Personal Author:

Crosetto, Alice J.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (135 pages)

Series:

American Palate

Contents:

Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction: Have a Cookie! -- 1. The Steel Valley: Western Pennsylvania and Northeast Ohio -- 2. The Iconic Cookie -- 3. Origins of the Cookie Table -- 4. Baking for the Cookie Table -- 5. Social Media -- 6. Beyond the Wedding Reception -- 7. Beyond the Steel Valley -- 8. The Celebrity Cookie Table Becomes a Symbol of the Steel Valley -- Afterword. Plenty to Think About -- Appendix A. The Cookies: Family Favorites and More -- Appendix B. Every Day Is Cookie Day!: Cookie Holidays -- Bibliography -- About the Author.

Local Note:

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

Subject Term:

Cookies--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh--History.

Format:

Electronic Resources

Electronic Access:

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Publication Date:

2023

Publication Information:

Chicago :

Arcadia Publishing Inc.,

2023.

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Summary

All you need is love and cookies. Everyone loves cookies, but the people of the Steel Valley take this love to another level. Nowhere else in America will you behold hundreds--or even thousands--of cookies piled high for events of all kinds. This is the regionally famous cookie table. But how did this tradition start? Why do residents of the Pittsburgh and Youngstown areas always create them not just for weddings but for birthdays, graduations, fundraisers, community events, and so much more? How did this once quaint local custom become a social media phenomenon? How are the cookies made, and how is a cookie table organized? Join author and cookie table enthusiast Alice Crosetto on a delectable journey through this beloved Steel Valley tradition.