Civitello, Linda, <br/><br/>
Baking powder wars :  the cutthroat food fight that revolutionized cooking / 
Linda Civitello. 
 - xi, 252 pages :  illustrations ;  24 cm. 
 - Heartland foodways .
 - Heartland foodways. .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780252082597 (pbk. : alk. paper) :  $19.95 0252082591 :  $19.95 9780252041082 (hardcover : alk. paper) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2016055808 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Baking powder--History.--United States<br/>Baking powder--Economic aspects--History.--United States<br/>Baking powder.<br/>COOKING / History<br/>HISTORY / United States / 19th Century<br/>HISTORY / United States / 20th Century
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HD9330.B23  / U525 2017 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>338.4/766468