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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... skin " gold - embroidered like a chasuble , " as Proust put it . Nowadays chicken and salad are both " chic " for not being fattening and ice cream has prestige because it is luxurious yet democratic and triumphantly modern . Dessert ...
... skin " gold - embroidered like a chasuble , " as Proust put it . Nowadays chicken and salad are both " chic " for not being fattening and ice cream has prestige because it is luxurious yet democratic and triumphantly modern . Dessert ...
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... skin or hull . The plant is , in fact , a genus all to itself and is the only species in its genus . Its botanical name is Zea maïs : zeia means " grain " in Greek , and the Haitian Indian term maïs may be translated as " the stuff of ...
... skin or hull . The plant is , in fact , a genus all to itself and is the only species in its genus . Its botanical name is Zea maïs : zeia means " grain " in Greek , and the Haitian Indian term maïs may be translated as " the stuff of ...
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... skin of the kernel fills with steam until it bursts : steam leaks out of the skins of other types of corn because their hulls are less horny . Popcorn's beautiful cloud and but- terfly shapes were greatly prized by the Indians who used ...
... skin of the kernel fills with steam until it bursts : steam leaks out of the skins of other types of corn because their hulls are less horny . Popcorn's beautiful cloud and but- terfly shapes were greatly prized by the Indians who used ...
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... skin " ) causes skin lesions , sore mouth , nausea , and eventually mental disturbances . 32 Much Depends On Dinner.
... skin " ) causes skin lesions , sore mouth , nausea , and eventually mental disturbances . 32 Much Depends On Dinner.
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... skins of the corn kernels and makes these easier to grind and to digest . But there is more . Lime , when added to corn , releases the " bound " vitamin niacin , and makes it available to human beings . In fact , if the Indians had not ...
... skins of the corn kernels and makes these easier to grind and to digest . But there is more . Lime , when added to corn , releases the " bound " vitamin niacin , and makes it available to human beings . In fact , if the Indians had not ...
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