America has an abundance of food, but does that mean that America has an adequate diet? Does "supply" always mean that everyone has enough to eat, and if they do, is the food the right kind of nutrition that American's need?.
A collection of writings from periodicals, Web sites, and books that explores such topics as culinary history, food sourcing at a greenmarket, equipping a kitchen, and the economics of the restaurant business.
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 the lost WPA files
Kurlansky, Mark
2009
A collection of essays and recipes regarding uniquely regional dishes from around the United States from a time period before interstate roads and national restaurant franchises.
Explores the ways in which the ideas and pressures of the Church, society, and financial concerns affected the preparation and presentation of meals during the Middle Ages.
When kindly Se?or Tomas and Se?ora Rosa welcome a stray cat into their home and share tuna tacos with him, insisting that he use proper table manners, they find that he has a lesson for them, as well.