A revolution in eating :: how the quest for food shaped America /

Sugar, pork, beer, corn, cider, scrapple, and hoppin' John all became staples in the diet of colonial America. The ways Americans cultivated and prepared food and the values they attributed to it played an important role in shaping the identity of the newborn nation. In A Revolution in Eating,...

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Main Author: McWilliams, James E.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Columbia University Press, ©2005.
Series:Arts and traditions of the table.
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Online Access:DE-862
DE-863
Summary:Sugar, pork, beer, corn, cider, scrapple, and hoppin' John all became staples in the diet of colonial America. The ways Americans cultivated and prepared food and the values they attributed to it played an important role in shaping the identity of the newborn nation. In A Revolution in Eating, James E. McWilliams presents a colorful and spirited tour of culinary attitudes, tastes, and techniques throughout colonial America. Confronted by strange new animals, plants, and landscapes, settlers in the colonies and West Indies found new ways to produce food. Integrating their British an.
Physical Description:1 online resource (386 pages :)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 323-377) and index.
ISBN:0231503482
9780231503488
9780231129923
0231129920

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