It chronicles 50 years of the life of little Eden Douglass and includes a recipe at the end of each chapter. The 'snapshot' at the end of each chapter is also a writing technique I've never seen done in a book and I liked it very much. The last couple of pages is a "cast of characters" which I wish I had known about to begin with... why they put it at the end I can't figure!http://www.amazon.com/American-Cookery-Novel-Laura-Kalpakian/dp/0312348118