Putting Meat on the American Table: Taste, Technology, Transformation
- ISBN-10
- 0801882400
- ISBN-13
- 9780801882401
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 170
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2006
- Publisher
- JHU Press
- Author
- Roger Horowitz
Description
Engagingly written and richly illustrated, Putting Meat on the American Table explains how America became a meat-eating nation -- from the colonial period to the present. It examines the relationships between consumer preference and meat processing -- looking closely at the production of beef, pork, chicken, and hot dogs.Betty Fussell, Gastronomica
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