Twain's Feast - Andrew Beahrs [158]
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Native Americans
cranberry cultivation by
gumbo and
prairie and
settlement of New England and
terrapins and
Thanksgiving holiday and
see also specific tribes
Nevada Fish Commissioners
Newell, Frederick
New England:
settlement of
weather of
New England Farmer
Newlands Project (1905)
New Orleans, La.
cuisine of
emancipation of slaves and effects on cooking
ethnic population of
farmers’ market of
fish of
Foodservice EXPO of
French Market of
geography of
Hurricane Katrina and
Mardi Gras in
restaurants of
traditional dishes of
Twain in
wetlands of
see also Cajun cooking; Creole cooking; Mississippi River
New Orleans Cookbook, The (Collins and Collins)
New Orleans Fish House
Newton.
New York City
Collect Pond of
New Yorker
New York State Agricultural Fair of 1844
New York Times
Norma’s Restaurant
Northland (cooperative)
Northwestern
Northwood (Hale)
Oberle, Frank
controlled burn and
on prairies
Oberle, Judy
Obernolte, Rena
Occidental Hotel
Ocean Spray (cooperative)
Ohlone Indians
okra
“Old Times on the Mississippi” (Twain)
oleomargarine
Oliver, Sandra
Olympia oysters
Omnivore’s Dilemma, The (Pollan)
opossum
recipes for
as slave food
Ostrea conchaphila (oyster)
O. edulis (oyster)
Ottawa Indians
oysters
Armoricaine
Bluepoint
filter feeding by
in Hangtown fry
hydraulic mining and
Mexican
Olympia
poaching of
preparations of
raw
recipes for
in salt roast
of San Francisco Bay
Save the Bay project and
shell mounds of
silt and
species of
Sweetwater
transportation of
Twain’s fondness for
in Twain’s ideal menu
Paiute Indians
passenger pigeon
pasteurization process
Paul (author’s friend)
Peacock, Scott
“Personal Habits of Siamese Twins, The” (Twain)
Pfaff’s Cellar
Physiology of Taste (Brillat-Savarin)
Picayune’s Creole Cook Book, The
Pilot Peak
Plaice, Scott
Polk County Possum Club
Pollan, Michael
pompano
Pontchartrain, Lake
“Possum” (Dunbar)
Practical American Cookery and Household Management (Corson)
Practical Cooking and Dinner Giving (Henderson)
prairie:
conservation of
corn farming and
erosion of
fertilizer and
fire and
as “food desert,”
grasses of
of Missouri
name of
Native Americans and
Oberle on
Oberle’s controlled burn of
preservation of
prairie (cont.)
railways and
scale of
sod of
soil of
steel plow and
today
Twain’s recollection of
Prairie-Chicken
prairie chickens
booming display of
cooking
farming and
habitat loss and
hunting of
ideal habitat of
instructions for selecting
market hunting of
meat of
population of
railways and
recipes for
Prairie Ridge State Natural Area
Prohibition
Proulx, Amy
Proulx, Bill
Prudhomme, Paul
Pure Air Native Seed Company
purple coneflower (echinacea)
Pyramid Lake
agricultural diversions from
alkaline water of
development and
fishery of
modern extent of
trout of, see Lahontan cutthroat trout
Quaker City
Quarles, John
Quarles farm
meals served at
slaves of
Southern cooking and
raccoon:
in author’s kitchen
Cantu’s preparation of
eating
fat of
fur of
hunting
overview of
recipe for
as slave food
taste of
West African food and
see also Gillett Coon Supper
“Raid on the Oyster Pirates, A” (London)
rainbow trout
Randolph, Mary
Ranhofer, Charles
recipes:
for cranberries
for diamondback terrapin
for German coffee
for maple syrup
for mussels
for oysters
for prairie hen
for raccoon
for Thanksgiving
for trout
Red Cross
redtop grass
Reilly (author’s friend)
rice
Rich Neck Plantation
Ricketts, Ed
Roughing It (Twain)
Royal West Africa Company
Rush, Benjamin
salmon
of San Francisco Bay
Saltwater Foodways (Oliver)
Samson, Steve
Sandler, Hilary
San Francisco:
fish abundance of
fog of
Occidental Hotel of
offshore upwelling and
oyster houses of
Twain’s flight to
San Francisco Bay:
filling in of
fisheries of
oyster poaching in
oysters of
restoration of
salmon of
ship hulks in
water flow of
Sanitary Commission
savanna
Save the Bay project
Sawyer,