Food: The History of Taste 0520254767, 978-0520254763

This richly illustrated book is the first to apply the discoveries of the new generation of food historians to the pleas

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English Pages 368 Year 2007

Food: The History of Taste
0520254767, 978-0520254763

Slow Food is poised to revolutionize the way Americans shop for groceries, prepare and consume their meals, and think ab

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Nicola Perullo sees food as constituting our first and most significant encounter with the earth. He draws on years of r

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A collection of Filipino expats’ reminiscences–especially during the writers’ growing-up-into-adulthood years–primarily

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Since the founding of the United States, culinary texts and practices have played a crucial role in the making of cultur

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