How does Stradal use <a data-internal-link data-link-type="Literary Device" href="https://www.supersummary.com/setting/">setting</a> in Kitchens of the Great Midwest?

Choose one specific food represented in the text and research its history. How does it serve as a <a data-internal-link data-link-type="Literary Device" href="https://www.supersummary.com/metaphor/">metaphor</a> for larger themes within the narrative?

Addictive drugs are a motif in the novel. What do they represent?

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