Eating history : 30 turning points in the making of American cuisine / Andrew F. Smith.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780231140928 (cloth : alk. paper)
- ISBN: 0231140924 (cloth : alk. paper)
- ISBN: 9780231511759 (ebook)
- ISBN: 0231511752 (ebook)
- Physical Description: xii, 376 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
- Publisher: New York : Columbia University Press, c2009.
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Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [347]-363) and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Prologue -- Oliver Evans's automated mill -- The Erie Canal -- Delmonico's -- Sylvester Graham's reforms -- Cyrus McCormick's reaper -- A multiethnic smorgasbord -- Giving thanks -- Gail Borden's canned milk -- The homogenizing war -- The transcontinental railroad -- Fair food -- Henry Crowell's Quaker special -- Wilbur O. Atwater's calorimeter -- The Cracker Jack snack -- Fannie Farmer's cookbook -- The Kelloggs' corn flakes -- Upton Sinclair's Jungle -- Frozen seafood and TV dinners -- Michael Cullen's super market -- Earle MacAusland's Gourmet -- Jerome I. Rodale's Organic gardening -- Percy Spencer's radar -- Frances Roth and Katharine Angell's CIA -- McDonald's drive-in -- Julia Child, the French chef -- Jean Nidetch's diet -- Alice Waters's Chez Panisse -- TVFN -- The Flavr Savr -- Mergers, acquisitions, and spin-offs -- Epilogue. |
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Kirtland Community College Library | TX 715 .S651 2009 | 30539645 | General Collection | Available | - |