{"title":"Anthony J. Stanonis","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAnthony J. Stanonis\u003c\/strong\u003e explores the rich connections between culture and nature, weaving detailed observations with thoughtful reflections. His works often illuminate the natural world through the lens of human experience, inviting readers to contemplate the interplay of environment, history, and tradition.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFrom evocative studies like \u003cem\u003eNew Orleans Pralines\u003c\/em\u003e to broader explorations within science and nature, Stanonis offers a unique blend of literary insight and scientific curiosity. His writing is marked by an engaging style that deepens appreciation for the landscapes and stories that shape our understanding of place.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"new-orleans-pralines-by-anthony-j-stanonis-9780807182482","title":"New Orleans Pralines","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Creole praline arrived in New Orleans with the migration of formerly enslaved people fleeing Louisiana plantations after the Civil War. Black women street vendors made a livelihood by selling a range of homemade foods, including pralines, to Black dockworkers and passersby. The praline offered a path to financial independence, and even its ingredients spoke of a history of Black ingenuity: an enslaved horticulturist played a key role in domesticating the pecan and creating the grafted tree that would form the basis of Louisiana's pecan orchards.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBy the 1880s, however, white New Orleans writers such as Grace King and Henry Castellanos had begun to recast the history of the praline in a nostalgic mode that harkened back to the prewar South. In their telling, the praline was brought to New Orleans by an aristocratic refugee of the French Revolution. Black street vendors were depicted not as innovative entrepreneurs but as loyal servants still faithful to their former enslavers. The rise of cultivated, shelled, and cheaply bought pecans as opposed to the foraged pecans that early praline sellers had depended on allowed better-resourced white women to move into the praline-selling market, especially as tourism emerged as a key New Orleans industry after the 1910s.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIndeed, the praline became central to the marketing of New Orleans. Conventions often hired Black women to play the \"praline mammy\" role for out-of-towners, while stores sold pralines with mammy imagery, in boxes designed to look like cotton bales. After World War II, pralines went national with items like praline-flavoured ice cream (1950s) and praline liqueur (1980s). Yet as the civil rights struggle persisted, the imagery of the praline mammy was recognised as an offensive caricature.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAs it uncovers the history of a sweet dessert made of sugar and pecans, \u003ci\u003eNew Orleans Pralines\u003c\/i\u003e tells a fascinating story of Black entrepreneurship, toxic white nostalgia, and the rise of tourism in the Crescent City.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47934156898540,"sku":"9780807182482","price":101.6,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780807182482-new-orleans-pralines.jpg?v=1783900436"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.pro\/collections\/anthony-j-stanonis.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}