Three Squares The Invention of the American Meal

Name: Three Squares The Invention of the American Meal
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ISBN: 9780465025527

ISBN-10: 0465025528

ISBN-13: 9780465025527

Edition: 2013

Authors: Abigail Carroll

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We are what we eat, as the saying goesbut we are also how we eat, and when, and where. Our eating habits reveal as much about our national identity as the food on our plates, as food historian Abigail Carroll vividly demonstrates in Three Squares. Reaching back to colonial America, when settlers enjoyed a single, midday meal, Carroll shows how later generations of Americans abandoned this utilitarian habit for more civilized, circumscribed rituals, trading in rustic pottages and puddings for complex roasts, sides, desserts, andincreasinglyprocessed foods. These new foodstuffs became the staples of breakfast and lunch in the late nineteenth century, and even brought with them a new eating…

Book details

List price: $39.00
Copyright year: 2013
Publisher: Basic Books
Publication date: 9/10/2013
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 344
Size: 6.46" wide x 9.49" long x 1.10" tall
Weight: 1.298
Language: English