Since Eve Ate Apples Much Depends on Dinner: The Extraordinary History and Mythology, Allure and Obsessions, Perils and Taboos of an Ordinary MeaOpen Road + Grove/Atlantic, 2010 M06 29 - 352 páginas A “funny and fascinating” cultural history about one of our favorite pastimes: eating (The Village Voice). This is a delightful and intelligent look at the food we eat, with a cornucopia of incredible details about the ways we do it. Presented like a meal, each chapter of Since Eve Ate Apples Much Depends on Dinner represents a different course or garnish, which Margaret Visser handpicks from the most ordinary American dinner: among them corn on the cob with butter and salt, roast chicken with rice, salad dressed in lemon juice and olive oil, and ice cream. Visser tells the story behind each of these foods and in the course of her inquiries reveals some unexpected treats: the history of Corn Flakes; the secret behind the more dissatisfactory California olives (they’re picked green, chemically blackened, and sterilized); and the fact that, in Africa, citrus fruits are eaten whole, rind and all. For food lovers of all kinds, unexpectedly entertaining book is a treasure of information from the author of the New York Times Notable Book The Rituals of Dinner. “Rich in surprising facts, unexpected connections, and a well-documented outrage at what modern technology and agribusiness have done to purity and quality . . . A remarkable amount of information [presented] seamlessly and entertainingly.” —Library Journal |
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Página 15
... animal food predominates . 4. That it is that meal which , upon a necessity arising for the abolition of all but one , would naturally offer itself as that one . " I have chosen a meal which represents the very least I could offer ...
... animal food predominates . 4. That it is that meal which , upon a necessity arising for the abolition of all but one , would naturally offer itself as that one . " I have chosen a meal which represents the very least I could offer ...
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... animal necessity . " ) Typically Anglo - Saxon , of course , is the butter served with the corn ; the dairy theme in our meal will be repeated with the cooking medium for the chicken , and reach its final crescendo in the ice cream . I ...
... animal necessity . " ) Typically Anglo - Saxon , of course , is the butter served with the corn ; the dairy theme in our meal will be repeated with the cooking medium for the chicken , and reach its final crescendo in the ice cream . I ...
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... animal rights ; food irradiation , additives , antibiotics , herbicides and pesticides , and the angry distrust they can arouse in us . When I began this book I meant it to be primarily amusing ; often , however , I wrote it in outrage ...
... animal rights ; food irradiation , additives , antibiotics , herbicides and pesticides , and the angry distrust they can arouse in us . When I began this book I meant it to be primarily amusing ; often , however , I wrote it in outrage ...
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... animals . When sweet corn is picked for boiling , it must be rushed at once to the pot ; purists claim that you should have the water ready boiling before you go out to pick your corn , so that there will be the least delay possible ...
... animals . When sweet corn is picked for boiling , it must be rushed at once to the pot ; purists claim that you should have the water ready boiling before you go out to pick your corn , so that there will be the least delay possible ...
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... animals in North America before the Europeans came ; all land - clearance and mound - making was done by hand , with the help of axes and sticks , and with hoes whose blades and points were made of wood , sea - shells , antlers , and ...
... animals in North America before the Europeans came ; all land - clearance and mound - making was done by hand , with the help of axes and sticks , and with hoes whose blades and points were made of wood , sea - shells , antlers , and ...
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