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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... grain- especially when it is " fluffy , " as we like it - white like chicken , and in its mythical origins ( though not in our culture ) a girl - child ; lettuce is light and unfattening , but also cold , green , and ( therefore ) ...
... grain- especially when it is " fluffy , " as we like it - white like chicken , and in its mythical origins ( though not in our culture ) a girl - child ; lettuce is light and unfattening , but also cold , green , and ( therefore ) ...
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... grain of a country . Wheat is " corn " to the people of a country where wheaten bread is the staple . Oats is " corn " to people who eat oats ; rye is " corn " if the staple is rye . When Europeans arrived in America they saw that , for ...
... grain of a country . Wheat is " corn " to the people of a country where wheaten bread is the staple . Oats is " corn " to people who eat oats ; rye is " corn " if the staple is rye . When Europeans arrived in America they saw that , for ...
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... grain " in Greek , and the Haitian Indian term maïs may be translated as " the stuff of life . " The Indians ... grain falls on the sticky thread of a corn silk , either on its own plant or on another , a kernel is conceived . The silk ...
... grain " in Greek , and the Haitian Indian term maïs may be translated as " the stuff of life . " The Indians ... grain falls on the sticky thread of a corn silk , either on its own plant or on another , a kernel is conceived . The silk ...
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... grain contains two nuclei - one for the oil - germ and one for the starch - endosperm in the kernel . The corn plant adjusts the length of its own cobs according to the likelihood of the amount of grain it will be called upon to house ...
... grain contains two nuclei - one for the oil - germ and one for the starch - endosperm in the kernel . The corn plant adjusts the length of its own cobs according to the likelihood of the amount of grain it will be called upon to house ...
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... grain from damage during mechanical harvesting . The corn cob is the original packaged food - again apparently made ... grain harvested and stripped from the cobs . ( That is 4,300 Imperial gallons of water per bushel of grain for those ...
... grain from damage during mechanical harvesting . The corn cob is the original packaged food - again apparently made ... grain harvested and stripped from the cobs . ( That is 4,300 Imperial gallons of water per bushel of grain for those ...
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