Book Review of
The American Plate

Lynn's Review

The American Plate by Libby H. O’Connell was published in 2014.

This book combined my love of reading with my love of food and cooking. 

I enjoyed this book. It was an interesting and fun read. Each chapter is on a different food. They are short chapters so it is an easy book to pick up and down. 

This isn’t a deep dive into each food or category. Instead it is a quick history of specific foods in America. 

The American Plate book covers everything from corn and venison in early America to T.V. dinners and processed cheese in the 1900s.

I learned facts about the foods enjoyed by George Washington and Thomas Jefferson. I learned about the microwave and the freezer and how they changed food and cooking. 

If you like food and food history, this is an interesting read.