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Montgomery County's Agricultural Reserve, created in 1980, was a history-making decision that is a model for land preservation. Montgomery County's earliest residents, Native Americans, developed agricultural communities and used the shores of the Potomac as a trading spot. European settlers farmed tobacco, eventually collapsing the County's economy until the Quaker community returned fertility to the land. The C&O Canal was the nation's first significant infrastructure project and helped create links to national and international markets. In the 20th century, the Marriott chain developed contemporary, industrialized food that signaled a changing world. The Agricultural Reserve was intended to preserve the county's rural past in the face of rapid change. Along with farming, it also preserved history and foodways. Claudia Kousoulas and Ellen Letourneau tell this agricultural history through food and recipes.

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Thoroughly researched and replete with first-hand accounts, A Culinary History [of Montgomery County, Maryland] includes mouthwatering menus as well as recipes for such tempting specialties as boatman's bean soup, beaten biscuits, Maryland corn cakes, and creamed turkey with mushrooms. Excerpts from period cookbooks and photographs--both archival and of recent vintage by George Kousoulas--round out the picture of a region rich in both history and delicious food offerings. Karen Lyon, Hill Rag

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Claudia Kousoulas worked as a land-use planner for more than twenty years in Montgomery County, Maryland, and is also a freelance writer and editor whose topics include architecture, urbanism, food culture and culinary history. She is the coauthor of Bread and Beauty, A Year in Montgomery County's Agricultural Reserve. Ellen Letourneau is a fiber artist, baker and event planner. As a member of the Common Grain Alliance and Chesapeake Fibershed, she is interested in the revival of grain and fiber economies in the region and is also the coauthor of Bread and Beauty, A Year in Montgomery County's Agricultural Reserve.

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