The Dish on Food and Farming in Colonial America

By Anika Fajardo

Travel back to a time when: People believed vegetables made you sick. Slaves were forced to grow and harvest crops for masters. Step into the lives of the colonists, and get the dish on food and farming in Colonial America.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Capstone Young Readers
• Release date: May 1, 2019
• ISBN: 9781496664907

Anika Fajardo

Anika Fajardo was born in Colombia and raised in Minnesota, and her writing about that experience has appeared in various publications. She changed schools in seventh grade but survived

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Life in the American Colonies: The Dish on Food and Farming in Colonial America by Anika Fajardo

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Cover

Title Page

Introduction: People of the Colonies

Chapter 1: Learning to Survive

Chapter 2: Mealtime

Chapter 3: Hunting and Farming

Chapter 4: Cooking and Preserving

Chapter 5: Trading

Glossary

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Index

Primary Source Bibliography

Copyright

Back Cover

Introduction

P

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of the C

OLONIES

For people in the American colonies, getting enough food was a daily struggle. Grocery stores and restaurants did not exist. During the colonial period (1607–1776), people had to hunt, grow, find, and prepare everything they ate.

The groups of people who lived in the American colonies had to develop ways to feed themselves. Indian tribes had lived in America for hundreds of years. They developed farming techniques that worked in America’s climates. They also became skilled hunters.

The early colonists were mostly wealthy men and women. They were used to living in warm homes