Food fights & culture wars : a secret history of taste
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Location | Call Number | Status |
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Newburgh Free Library - Adult Nonfiction | 394.12 NEA | On Shelf |
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Published
New York, NY : The Overlook Press, 2017.
Format
Book
Physical Desc
223 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 26 cm.
Language
English
Notes
General Note
Includes index.
Description
This book of food history, suggests that hunger and taste are the twin forces that secretly defined the course of civilization. Through war and plague, revolution and migration, people have always had to eat. What and how they ate provoked culinary upheaval around the world as ingredients were traded and fought over, and populations desperately walked the line between satiety and starvation. Parallel to the history books, a second, more obscure history was also being recorded in the cookbooks of the time, which charted the evolution of meals and the transmission of ingredients around the world. Food Fights and Culture Wars: A Secret History of Taste explores the mysteries at the intersection of food and society, and attempts to make sense of the curious area between fact and fiction. Beautifully illustrated with material from the collection of the British Library, this wide-ranging book addresses some of the fascinating, forgotten stories behind everyday dishes and processes.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Nealon, T. (2017). Food fights & culture wars: a secret history of taste . The Overlook Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Nealon, Tom. 2017. Food Fights & Culture Wars: A Secret History of Taste. The Overlook Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Nealon, Tom. Food Fights & Culture Wars: A Secret History of Taste The Overlook Press, 2017.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Nealon, Tom. Food Fights & Culture Wars: A Secret History of Taste The Overlook Press, 2017.
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