This three-volume encyclopedia on the history of American food and beverages covers topics ranging from early American Indian foods to mandatory nutrition information at fast food restaurants.
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This three-volume encyclopedia on the history of American food and beverages serves as an ideal companion resource for social studies and American history courses, covering topics ranging from early American Indian foods to mandatory ...
The typical American pie made from uncooked apples, fat, sugar, and sweet spices mixed together and baked inside a ... The two most common are vanilla ice cream, first served with the title ''a` la mode'' in the 1890s, and cheese.
Hess, John, and Karen Hess. The Taste of America. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 2000. Hess, Karen. “A Century of Change in the American Loaf; or, Where Are the Breads of Yesteryear?” Paper delivered at the Smithsonian ...
This volume recounts the individuals, ingredients, corporations, controversies, and myriad events responsible for America's diverse and complex beverage scene.
First published in 1983, John Mariani's Encyclopedia of American Food and Drink has long been the go-to book on all things culinary.
"Drawing on the journals and correspondence of pioneers, Horsman examines more than a hundred years of history, recording components of the diets of various groups, including travelers, settlers, fur traders, soldiers, and miners.
Unfortunately or fortunately, when Uncle Bland moved to other quarters for the winter, thieves invaded his summer home "and carried off every case of his treasures." There was also country liquor. Rural stills remained a traditional ...
American Food: A Not-So-Serious History digs deep to tell the compelling tales of some of our most ordinary foods and what they say about who we are—and who, perhaps, we are becoming.