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| Antipasto/Antojitos/Amuse-Bouches: Food for Thought | |
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| Acknowledgments | |
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| From Raw to Cooked: Prehistory, Mesopotamia, Egypt, China, India | |
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| Prehistory | |
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| The Ancient Agricultural Revolution | |
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| The Fertile Crescent | |
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| Egypt: The Nile River | |
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| China: The Yellow (Huang He) River | |
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| India: The Indus River | |
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| Grain, Grape, Olive: The Ancient Mediterranean | |
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| The Mediterranean Sea | |
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| Greece | |
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| Rome | |
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| Crazy Bread, Coffee, and Courtly Manners: Christendom and Islam in the Middle Ages, 500-1453 | |
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| Christendom: Western Europe, 500-1000 | |
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| Byzantium: The Eastern Roman Empire | |
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| The Muslim Empire | |
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| Christendom: The Late Middle Ages in Europe | |
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| New World Food: Potato, Corn, Chile, Chocolate | |
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| The Search for Spices | |
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| The American Empires | |
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| South America: The Inca Empire | |
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| Central America: Vanilla | |
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| Central America: Maya Mystery | |
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| Central America: The Aztec Empire | |
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| North America: Cahokia | |
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| Columbus Sets Sail for the Americas: 1492 | |
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| Food Goes Global: The Columbian Exchange | |
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| The Age of Exploration | |
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| The Columbian Exchange | |
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| Old World to New | |
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| New World to Old | |
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| America from Colony to Country: Sacred Cod, Black Rice, Maple Moon, 1588-1850 | |
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| The Mercantile System | |
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| Colonial America | |
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| A New People and a New Cuisine | |
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| Hutsepot, Stove Potatoes, and Haute Cuisine: Seventeenth-to Eighteenth-Century Dutch, Russian, and French Cuisine | |
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| The Scientific Revolution | |
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| The Golden Age of the Netherlands | |
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| The Russian Bear | |
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| France: Haute and Nouvelle Cuisine | |
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| The French Revolution: �Let Them Eat Cake� | |
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| The Napoleonic Era: 1799-1815 | |
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| Napoleon's Aftermath | |
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| Cattle, Coca-Cola, Cholera: The United States and Europe, 1850-1900 | |
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| The American South | |
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| The American Civil War: 1850-1865 | |
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| Reconstruction: 1865-1877 | |
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| The West: Railroad and Indian Wars, 1860s-1886 | |
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| The Gilded Age | |
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| Nineteenth-Century Health Food Movements | |
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| Europe: Nutrition, Sanitation, Evolution | |
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| Africa and Asia: Native vs. Colonial Cuisine | |
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| Food Patterns | |
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| Africa: Shea Butter, Kola Nuts, Monkey Bread | |
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| India: Not Just Curry and Chutney | |
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| China: Tea and Opium | |
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| Korea: Kimchee and Pulgogi | |
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| Vietnam: Spring Rolls and P�t� | |
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| Indonesia: The Spice Islands | |
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| The Philippines: Chinese-Spanish Fusion | |
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| Thailand (Siam): Lemongrass and Jasmine Rice | |
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| Japan: Tempura and Umami | |
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| The Purity Crusade, Cuisine Classique, and Prohibition: 1900-1929 in Europe and the United States | |
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| The New Immigrants and the Melting Pot | |
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| Progressives and the Purity Crusade | |
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| Escoffier and Ritz: Cuisine Classique and the Grand Hotels | |
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| World War I and the Russian Revolution | |
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| The Roaring Twenties in the United States | |
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| Soup Kitchens, Spam, and TV Dinners: The Depression, World War II, and the Cold War | |
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| The Depression and the New Deal | |
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| World War II | |
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| The Cold War | |
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| The Fast-Food Fifties | |
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| The Sixties: Revolutions in Color | |
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| Agribusiness vs. Organic: The 1970s into the Third Millennium | |
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| The Seventies: Food Revolutions | |
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| The Eighties: Political and Restaurant Revolutions | |
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| The Nineties: The Celebrity Chef | |
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| The New Millennium and the Future of Food | |
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| French Pronunciation | |
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| Italian Pronunciation | |
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| Major Wars and Battles | |
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| Selected Cookbook and Food Books Chronology | |
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| Notes | |
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| Selected Bibliography | |
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| Index | |
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| Recipes, Menus, and Ingredients | |
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| Ingredients: Egyptian Ful Madames | |
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| Recipe: Cato's Herbed Olives | |
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| Recipe: Cato's Must Cakes | |
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| Recipe: Garum or Liquamen | |
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| Recipe: Raisin Wine | |
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| Ingredients: Blancmange Comparison | |
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| Recipe: Wassail | |
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| Recipe: Chicha-Corn Beer | |
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| Ingredients: Pavo in Mole Poblano | |
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| Ingredients: Feijoada | |
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| Ingredients: Portuguese/Hawaiian Sweet Bread (P�o Doce) | |
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| Recipe: Bolognese Torte | |
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| Recipe: Pie with Live Birds | |
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| Recipe: Hopping (or Hoppin') John | |
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| Recipe: Flip | |
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| Ingredients: Pennsylvania Dutch Eggs | |
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| Ingredients: Election Cake Comparison | |
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| Ingredients: King Cake | |
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| Recipe: Hutsepot, the Dutch Dish | |
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| Menu: The 16-Course Citrus Dinner | |
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| Recipe: Spartan Broth | |
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| Ingredients: Niter Kibe-Ethiopian Spiced Butter | |
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| Ingredients: Pork Vindaloo | |
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| Recipe: Kedgeree | |
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| Ingredients: Tom Yung Kung-Thai Hot and Sour Shrimp Soup | |
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| Ingredients: Mamuang Kao Nieo-Mango with Sticky Rice | |
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| Ingredients: Bigos-Polish Stew | |
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| Recipe: Squash Blossom Pancakes | |
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| Ingredients: Chicken Kiev | |
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| Recipe: Los Angeles County BBQ | |
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| Menu: Civilian Conservation Corps | |
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| Recipe: The War Cake | |
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| Ingredients: Chef Tang's Saigon Roll | |
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| Recipe: S'mores | |
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| Recipe: Lady Libertini Martini | |
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| Recipe: Salmon Carpaccio | |
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| Food Fables | |
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| Where Winter Comes From | |
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| How to Drink and Not Get Drunk | |
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| Who Was Apicius? | |
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| �Feed a Cold, Starve a Fever� | |
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| Imam Bayaldi, Holy Man Fainted | |
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| Where Coffee Comes From | |
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| The Poison Taster | |
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| Marco Polo and Pasta | |
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| Mole Myths | |
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| Spices and Rotten Meat | |
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| Caterina de' Medici | |
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| Squanto and Fish Fertilizer | |
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| Where the Cocktail Comes From | |
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| Where the Croissant Comes From | |
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| Napoleon and Wellington | |
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| Rig� Jancsi (Gypsy Johnny) | |
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| Where the Tea Leaf Comes From | |
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| The Origin of Chop Suey | |
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| Spaghetti and Meatballs | |
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| American Soldiers and WWII Food | |
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| Crossing Cultures | |
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| New Year Celebrations | |
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| Sandwiches | |
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| African Spices | |
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| Curry | |
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| Filled Dumplings | |
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| Sriracha | |
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| Culinary Confusion | |
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| Death of Buddha | |
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| Tuna | |
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| Corn and Maize | |
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| Barbecue | |
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| Cobbler, Slump, Grunt | |
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| Ice Cream and Gelato | |
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| Yam and Sweet Potato | |
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| Curry | |
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| Chutney | |
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| The French Paradox | |
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| Holiday Histories | |
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| Kispu | |
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| Passover | |
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| Chinese New Year | |
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| Easter | |
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| Ramadan | |
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| Halloween, October 31 | |
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| Maple Moon | |
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| Thanksgiving | |
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| Election Day | |
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| Mardi Gras and Carnevale | |
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| St. Lucia's Day, December 13 | |
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| Bastille Day, July 14 | |
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| Christmas, December 25 | |
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| Juneteenth, June 19 | |
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| Cinco de Mayo, May 5 | |
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| Testicle Festivals | |
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| Valentine's Day, February 14 | |
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| Columbus Day, October 12 | |
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| St. Patrick's Day, March 17 | |
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| Oktoberfest | |
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| Yam Festival | |
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| Mishani | |
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| Selametan | |
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| Thai Royal Plowing Ceremony | |
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| Japanese Tea Ceremony | |
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| San Gennaro | |
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| Polish Fest | |
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| Mother's Day | |
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| St. Urho's Day, March 16 | |
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| Charts/Boxes | |
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| Drunkenness Scale | |
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| Symposium-Convivium Comparison | |
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| A Day in the Life: Roman Empire | |
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| A Day in the Life: Middle Ages | |
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| The Great Chain of Being/Four Humors | |
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| Latin-English Words | |
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| Aztec-Modern Food Words | |
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| Chile Pepper Heat Scale | |
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| Europe, Africa, Asia to Americas | |
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| Americas to Europe, Africa, Asia | |
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| World Population in Millions | |
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| Polish and Italian Food Words | |
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| Food Price Comparison, 1850-2010 | |
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| Midwestern Farm Family Duties | |
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| Early Unions | |
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| Early Soft Drinks | |
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| Japanese Basic Foods | |
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| Food Adulteration | |
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| The Kitchen Brigade | |
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| K-Rations | |
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| UCLA Top 10 Healthy Beverages | |
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| Top U.S. Supermarkets | |
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| North American Food Sales | |
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| Chronologies | |
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| Prehistoric Human Achievements | |
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| The Ancient Agricultural Revolution | |
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| Olive | |
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| Wine-Ancient | |
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| Coffee | |
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| Famines and Ergotism Epidemics | |
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| Potato | |
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| Vanilla | |
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| Explorations | |
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| Epidemics in Central America, 1520-1595 | |
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| Sugar | |
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| European Porcelain (China) | |
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| Tea | |
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| Rice | |
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| Ice Cream and Yogurt-United States | |
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| Depression Innovation | |
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| Genetic Mutations/Engineering | |
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| Illustrations and Maps | |
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| Sphinx and Pyramid, Egypt | |
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| The Parthenon in Athens, Greece | |
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| Pompeii, Ovens | |
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| Pompeii, Amphorae | |
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| The Colosseum in Rome, Italy | |
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| Notre Dame-Our Lady-Paris, France | |
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| Map, Western Hemisphere, 1572 | |
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| Machu Picchu | |
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| The European View of Africa, 1650 | |
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| Slaves Packed on a Ship | |
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| The Caribbean in 1656 | |
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| Hogs Curing in the South | |
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| Colonial Kitchen | |
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| Cooking in Colonial America | |
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| Paul Revere's Kitchen | |
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| Map of North America, 1755 | |
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| Thomas Jefferson's Kitchen at Monticello | |
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| Oceania, early 1600s | |
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| Lusekatter Bun Designs | |
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| Chuck Wagon | |
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| Silver-Plated Ware | |
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| Atwood & Bacon Menu, 1826 | |
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| Delmonico Money | |
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| �Absolutely No Shocks� Mixer Ad | |
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| Ad for Hoff's Malt Extract | |
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| Pasta Drying in the Streets of Naples | |
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| The Taj Mahal, India | |
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| Great Buddha, Japan, 1252 | |
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| Hand-Cranked Bread Machine Ad | |
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| McDougall Kitchen Cabinets, 1905 | |
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| Cooking Utensils at the Time of Escoffier | |
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| Beef, American Cuts, 1920 | |
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| Beef, French Cuts, 1920 | |
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| Patriotism as Marketing Tool | |
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| Chocolate Faberg� Egg Sculpture | |
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| �Liquid Profits� | |
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| Commercial Ice-Cream Freezers | |
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| Women in a Tortilla Factory | |
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| The Evolution of Betty Crocker | |
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| Barware and Tableware, 1933 | |
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| The Gingerbread Mansion Inn | |
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| A Poultry Market in Vietnam | |
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| Menu of Pig Parts | |
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| The Asian Diet Pyramid | |
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| The Vegetarian Diet Pyramid | |
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| The Mediterranean Diet Pyramid | |
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| The Latin American Diet Pyramid | |
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| The U.S. Food Pyramid | |