ST. LOUIS — If you want to know about a people, look at the food they eat.
The new book “A Culinary History of Missouri: Foodways & Iconic Dishes of the Show-Me State” traces the history of Missouri from the precolonial Native Americans to the present day by examining the foods that were eaten here over hundreds of years.
Each new addition to the diet represents a mini-evolution. Something changed, something was added — or lost — to alter the way Missourians cooked and ate.
