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American Cuisine: And How It Got This Way

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Published : Tuesday 15 October 2019
ISBN : 9781631494628
Price : €36.15


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With a sweep of more than 200 years, this lavishly illustrated history convinces us that there actually is an American cuisine.

For decades, many have doubted the existence of American cuisine, believing that hamburgers, hot dogs and pizza define the nation's palate. Not so, says leading food historian Paul Freedman. Freedman traces the twentieth-century rise of processed food, standardisation and fast-food restaurants. With the farm-to-table movement, a culinary revolution has transformed the way Americans eat. Whether analysing how businesses and advertisers used seduction and guilt to dictate women's food-shopping habits, exploring how class determines what Americans eat or documenting the contributions provided by immigrants, Freedman reveals an astonishing history.



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