edited by Sherri Liberman From the publisher: A fascinating survey of American food trends that highlights the key inventions, brands, restaurant chains, and individuals that shaped the American diet and […]
Tag: American food-20th century
Modern Food, Moral Food: Self-Control, Science, and the Rise of Modern American Eating in the Early Twentieth Century
by Helen Zoe Veit From the publisher: American eating changed dramatically in the early twentieth century. As food production became more industrialized, nutritionists, home economists, and so-called racial scientists were […]
Food Power: The Rise and Fall of the Postwar American Food System
by Bryan L. McDonald From the publisher: There is a widespread assumption that the American food system after World War II was transformed-toward an increasingly industrialized production of crops, more processed […]
Food in the United States, 1890-1945
by Megan J. Elias From the publisher: No American history or food collection is complete without this lively insight into the radical changes in daily life from the Gilded Age to […]
Food of a Younger Land: A portrait of American food from the lost WPA files
by Mark Kurlansky From the publisher: A portrait of American food–before the national highway system, before chain restaurants, and before frozen food, when the nation’s food was seasonal, regional, and traditional–from […]