by Janet Clarkson From the publisher: Menus from History: Historic Meals and Recipes for Every Day of the Year offers a fascinating exploration of dining history through historic menus from […]
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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 […]
The first successful frozen dinner wasn’t from Swanson
The first successful frozen dinner for preparing and eating at home was called the “One-Eyed Eskimo.” Albert and Meyer Bernstein began selling it in 1949 in the Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania area. […]
Omnivore’s Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals
by Michael Pollan From the publisher: What should we have for dinner? Ten years ago, Michael Pollan confronted us with this seemingly simple question and, with The Omnivore’s Dilemma, his brilliant and […]
Lunch: A History
by Megan Elias From the publisher: Lunch has never been just a meal; the meal most often eaten in public, lunch has a long tradition of establishing social status and […]
Square Meal: A Culinary History of the Great Depression
by Jane Ziegelman and Andrew Coe From the publisher: From the author of the acclaimed 97 Orchard and her husband, a culinary historian, an in-depth exploration of the greatest food crisis the nation […]
Three Squares: The Invention of the American Meal
by Abigail Carroll From the publisher: We are what we eat, as the saying goes—but we are also how we eat, and when, and where. Our eating habits reveal as much […]