by Joanne Raetz Stuttgen
University of Wisconsin Press, 2007
eISBN: 978-0-299-22493-6 | Paper: 978-0-299-22494-3
Library of Congress Classification TX907.3.I35S88 2007
Dewey Decimal Classification 647.95772

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ABOUT THIS BOOK
Cafe Indiana is both a guide to Indiana’s hometown mom-and-pop restaurants and a reclamation and celebration of small-town Midwest culture. The hungry diner looking for adventure and authenticity can use Cafe Indiana simply as a guide to the state’s quintessential eats: the best fiddlers, macaroni and cheese, soup beans, and beef Manhattan. But Stuttgen also captures the spirit of the locals, bringing to life the people whose stories give the book—and the food—its soul.
     Over plates of chicken and noodles, fried bologna sandwiches, and sugar cream pie, folks are crafting community at the Main Street eatery. In Cafe Indiana, Hoosiers and out-of-staters alike are invited to pull out a chair and sit a spell.