From the Jewish Heartland: Two Centuries of Midwest Foodways reveals the distinctive flavor of Jewish foods in the Midwest and tracks regional culinary changes through time. Exploring Jewish culinary innovation in America's heartland from the 1800s to today, Ellen F. Steinberg and Jack H. Prost examine recipes from numerous midwestern sources, ......
Before Julia Child's warbling voice and towering figure burst into America's homes, a gourmet food movement was already sweeping the nation. Setting the Table for Julia Child considers how the tastes and techniques cultivated at dining clubs and in the pages of Gourmet magazine helped prepare many affluent Americans for Child's ......
The Stimulating Story of the World's Most Popular Brew
What is it about coffee that makes it so popular across so many different cultures? Is it the just the caffeine, or is there something else about coffee that makes it so alluring? This book presents the story that traces the rich and intriguing history of coffee - from its first known consumption to the ubiquitous dominance of Starbuck's.
Spanning nearly six hundred years of Japanese food culture, Japanese Foodways, Past and Presentconsiders the production, consumption, and circulation of Japanese foods from the mid-fifteenth century to the present day in contexts that are political, economic, cultural, social, and religious. Diverse contributors--including anthropologists, ......
Spanning nearly six hundred years of Japanese food culture, Japanese Foodways, Past and Presentconsiders the production, consumption, and circulation of Japanese foods from the mid-fifteenth century to the present day in contexts that are political, economic, cultural, social, and religious. Diverse contributors--including anthropologists, ......
Fondly remembered as the centerpiece of family Thanksgiving reunions, the turkey is a cultural symbol as well as a multi-billion dollar industry. As a bird, dinner, commodity, and national icon, the turkey has become as American as the bald eagle (with which it actually competed for supremacy on national insignias).Food historian Andrew F. Smith's ......
Passengers who dined on the Baltimore and Ohio during the heyday of American railroading received fivestar service: white tablecloths, china, and silver; food cooked from scratch; and the undivided attention of skilled waiters. The B& O's cuisine won wide acclaim as the finest railway food in the country. Passengers enjoyed it as the slightly ......
Lavishly illustrated with nearly three hundred gorgeous full-color photos, this engaging guidebook carefully describes forty different edible species of wild mushrooms found around Illinois and surrounding states, including Iowa, Wisconsin, Missouri, Indiana, and Kentucky. With conversational and witty prose, the book provides extensive detail on ......
