edited by Bruce Makoto Arnold, Tanfer Emin Tunç, and Raymond Douglas Chong From the publisher: The essays in Chop Suey and Sushi from Sea to Shining Sea fill gaps in […]
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Cannibalism: A Perfectly Natural History
by Bill Schutt From the publisher: For centuries scientists have written off cannibalism as a bizarre phenomenon with little biological significance. Its presence in nature was dismissed as a desperate […]
Breakfast: A History
by Heather Arndt Anderson From the publisher: From corn flakes to pancakes, Breakfast: A History explores this “most important meal of the day” as a social and gastronomic phenomenon. It […]
Black Labor, White Sugar: a history of the Cuban sugarcane industry
by Philip A. Howard From the publisher: Early in the twentieth century, the Cuban sugarcane industry faced a labor crisis when Cuban and European workers balked at the inhumane conditions […]
Black Hunger: a book about the history of Aunt Jemima, food, and African Americans
by Doris Witt From the publisher: In 1889, the owners of a pancake mix witnessed the vaudeville performance of a white man in blackface and drag playing a character called […]
Big Letdown: the undermining of breastfeeding by medicine, big business, and feminism
by Kimberly Seals Allers From the publisher: Pediatricians say you should but it’s okay if you don’t. The hospital says, “Breast is best,” but sends you home with formula “just in […]
Before the Refrigerator: the history of supplying ice
by Jonathan Rees From the publisher: During the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, Americans depended upon ice to stay cool and to keep their perishable foods fresh. Jonathan Rees […]
Beans: a history of beans and legumes
by Ken Albala From the publisher: This is the story of the bean, the staple food cultivated by humans for over 10,000 years. From the lentil to the soybean, every […]
Banquet: dining in late Renaissance Europe
by Ken Albala From the publisher: The importance of the banquet in the late Renaissance is impossible to overlook. Banquets showcased a host’s wealth and power, provided an occasion for […]
Bananas and Business: The United Fruit Company in Columbia, 1899-2000
by Marcelo Bucheli From the publisher: For well over a century, the United Fruit Company (UFCO) has been the most vilified multinational corporation operating in Latin America. Criticism of the […]