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Author : Kenneth F. Kiple
Release : 2000
Genre : Food
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 149/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis The Cambridge World History of Food by : Kenneth F. Kiple
Download or read book The Cambridge World History of Food written by Kenneth F. Kiple. This book was released on 2000. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A two-volume set which traces the history of food and nutrition from the beginning of human life on earth through the present.
Author : Kenneth (Ed) Kiple
Release : 2000-12
Genre :
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 906/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis World History of Food 2 Volume Set by : Kenneth (Ed) Kiple
Download or read book World History of Food 2 Volume Set written by Kenneth (Ed) Kiple. This book was released on 2000-12. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Kenneth F. Kiple
Release : 2000
Genre : Food
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 156/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis The Cambridge World History of Food by : Kenneth F. Kiple
Download or read book The Cambridge World History of Food written by Kenneth F. Kiple. This book was released on 2000. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A two-volume set which traces the history of food and nutrition from the beginning of human life on earth through the present.
Author : Jeffrey M. Pilcher
Release : 2008-10-09
Genre : History
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 803/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Food in World History by : Jeffrey M. Pilcher
Download or read book Food in World History written by Jeffrey M. Pilcher. This book was released on 2008-10-09. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Providing a comparative and comprehensive study of culinary cultures and consumption throughout the world from ancient times to present day, this book examines the globalization of food and explores the political, social and environmental implications of our changing relationship with food. Including numerous case studies from diverse societies and periods, Food in World History examines and focuses on: how food was used to forge national identities in Latin America the influence of Italian and Chinese Diaspora on the US and Latin America food culture how food was fractured along class lines in the French bourgeois restaurant culture and working class cafes the results of state intervention in food production how the impact of genetic modification and food crises has affected the relationship between consumer and product. This concise and readable survey not only presents a simple history of food and its consumption, but also provides a unique examination of world history itself.
Author : Janet Clarkson
Release : 2013-12-24
Genre : Reference
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 15X/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Food History Almanac by : Janet Clarkson
Download or read book Food History Almanac written by Janet Clarkson. This book was released on 2013-12-24. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Food History Almanac covers 365 days of the year, with information and anecdotes relating to food history from around the world from medieval times to the present. The daily entries include such topics as celebrations; significant food-related moments in history from the fields of science and technology, exploration and discovery, travel, literature, hotel and restaurant history, and military history; menus from famous and infamous meals across a wide spectrum, from extravagant royal banquets to war rations and prison fare; birthdays of important people in the food field; and publication dates for important cookbooks and food texts and “first known” recipes. Food historian Janet Clarkson has drawn from her vast compendium of historical cookbooks, food texts, scholarly articles, journals, diaries, ships’ logs, letters, official reports, and newspaper and magazine articles to bring food history alive. History buffs, foodies, students doing reports, and curious readers will find it a constant delight. An introduction, list of recipes, selected bibliography, and set index, plus a number of period illustrations are added value.
