by Susan Williams From the publisher: The period from the 1820s to 1890 was one of invention, new trends, and growth in the American food culture. Inventions included the potato […]
Tag: American-food-19c
Vegetarian Crusade: The Rise of an American Reform Movement, 1817-1921
by Adam D. Shprintzen From the publisher: Vegetarianism has been practiced in the United States since the country’s founding, yet the early years of the movement have been woefully misunderstood […]
Culinarians: Lives and Careers from the First Age of American Fine Dining
by David S. Shields From the publisher: He presided over Virginia’s great political barbeques for the last half of the nineteenth century, taught the young Prince of Wales to crave mint […]
Urban development shaped the way 19th-century New Yorkers ate
In the 18th century, dining out wasn’t common…Restaurants as we know them didn’t exist and people mostly ate at their homes. Only travelers ate out and their options were taverns […]
Urban Appetites: Food and Culture in Nineteenth-Century New York
by Cindy R. Lobel From the publisher: Glossy magazines write about them, celebrities give their names to them, and you’d better believe there’s an app (or ten) committed to finding […]
Hog Meat and Hoecake: Food Supply in the Old South, 1840-1860
by Sam Bowers Hilliard From the publisher: When historical geographer Sam B. Hilliard’s book Hog Meat and Hoecake was published in 1972, it was ahead of its time. It was […]
Cornmeal and Cider: Food and Drink in the 1800s
by Zachary Chastain From the publisher: The farmers, workers, and pioneers of America in the 1800s were nourished by a tradition of hearty, down-home cooking that is still a part […]
Food in the Gilded Age: What Ordinary Americans Ate
by Robert Dirks From the publisher: The Gilded Age is renowned for a variety of reasons, including its culture of conspicuous consumption among the newly rich. In the domain of food, […]