Cover
Title
Copyright
Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. The Burden of Bread: Bread before Baking Powder
2. The Liberation of Cake: Chemical Independence, 1796
3. The Rise of Baking Powder Business: The Northeast, 1856–1876
4. The Advertising War Begins: "Is the Bread That We Eat Poisoned?" 1876–1888
5. The Cream of Tartar Wars: Battle Royal, 1888–1899
6. The Rise of Baking Powder Business: The Midwest, 1880s–1890s
7. The Pure Food War: Outlaws in Missouri, 1899–1905
8. The Alum War and World War I: “What a Fumin’ about Egg Albumen,” 1907–1920
9. The Federal Trade Commission Wars: The Final Federal Battle, 1920–1929
10. The Price War: The Fight for the National Market, 1930–1950
11. Baking Powder Today: Post–World War II to the Twenty-First Century
Glossary
Appendix: Baking Powder Use in Cookbooks
Notes
Bibliography
Index