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 19
... hands , followed by napkins and perhaps fingerbowls to clean ourselves up ( for the corn ) , a knife for cutting , together with a fork to spear the meat and hold it still ( the chicken ) , the fork held supine , prongs curving up and ...
... hands , followed by napkins and perhaps fingerbowls to clean ourselves up ( for the corn ) , a knife for cutting , together with a fork to spear the meat and hold it still ( the chicken ) , the fork held supine , prongs curving up and ...
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... hand . And that material was the hardy and obliging fruit of the grass which the Indians called maïs . In English , the word corn denotes the staple grain of a country . Wheat is " corn " to the people of a country where wheaten bread ...
... hand . And that material was the hardy and obliging fruit of the grass which the Indians called maïs . In English , the word corn denotes the staple grain of a country . Wheat is " corn " to the people of a country where wheaten bread ...
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... hand . The corn - grinding metate stone and the hand - held stone called a mano are common sights all over South America , where they are most often placed outside houses , so that the women can work at corn grinding while chatting with ...
... hand . The corn - grinding metate stone and the hand - held stone called a mano are common sights all over South America , where they are most often placed outside houses , so that the women can work at corn grinding while chatting with ...
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... hand by unwrapping the cob , plucking the seed , and planting it out , Zea maïs would become extinct . Man depends on the corn he has helped to create , but the corn also depends on him . It depends on him for its nutrients ; corn is ...
... hand by unwrapping the cob , plucking the seed , and planting it out , Zea maïs would become extinct . Man depends on the corn he has helped to create , but the corn also depends on him . It depends on him for its nutrients ; corn is ...
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... hand , with the help of axes and sticks , and with hoes whose blades and points were made of wood , sea - shells , antlers , and the shoulder - blades of large animals . The women then moved onto the prepared land . They did all the ...
... hand , with the help of axes and sticks , and with hoes whose blades and points were made of wood , sea - shells , antlers , and the shoulder - blades of large animals . The women then moved onto the prepared land . They did all the ...
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