by Betty Fussell From the publisher: The Story of Corn is a unique compendium, drawing upon history and mythology, science and art, anecdote and image, personal narrative and epic to […]
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Bread and Butter: a history of bread and butter, its culture and recipes
by Grant Harrington, Richard Snapes, and Eve Hemingway From the publisher: Bread and butter were first recorded as being eaten together in 1492, and the marriage has been solid and […]
Bakers banned from selling sliced bread during World War II
The U.S. government suddenly banned bakeries from slicing bread for their customers beginning in January, 1943. The reason was never clear. It was probably was an attempt to conserve wax […]
Ancient barley in Finland shows hunter-gatherers also farmed 5,000 years ago
A discovery of 5,000-year-old barley grains reveals that hunter-gatherers took to farming already that long ago in eastern Sweden and on islands along the southwest coast of Finland. These representatives […]
Bread discovered that predates agriculture by 4,000 years
At an archaeological site in northeastern Jordan, researchers have discovered the charred remains of a flatbread baked by hunter-gatherers 14,400 years ago. It is the oldest direct evidence of bread […]
One of First Vitamin-Fortified Breakfast Cereals
PEP was a whole-wheat breakfast cereal introduced by the Kellogg Company in 1923. A long-running rival to Wheaties, PEP became in the 1930s the first cereal fortified with vitamins through […]
Wild Rice: An Essential Guide to Cooking, History, and Harvesting
by Susan Carol Hauser From the publisher: The Ojibwe people call wild rice “mahnomen,” the good berry. Wild Rice elaborates on the many elements of that tradition, and brings it […]
Pancake: A Global History
by Ken Albala From the publisher: Round, thin, and made of starchy batter cooked on a flat surface, it is a food that goes by many names: flapjack, crêpe, and okonomiyaki, […]
Maize for the Gods: Unearthing the 9,000-Year History of Corn
by Michael Blake From the publisher: Maize is the world’s most productive food and industrial crop, grown in more than 160 countries and on every continent except Antarctica. If by […]
Corn and Capitalism: How a Botanical Bastard Grew to Global Dominance
by Arturo Warman and translated by Nancy L. Westrate From the publisher: Exploring the history and importance of corn worldwide, Arturo Warman traces its development from a New World food of […]