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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... word also : they embody our mostly unspoken assumptions , and they both order our culture and determine its direction . Food is " everyday " - it has to be , or we would not survive for long . But food is never just something to eat ...
... word also : they embody our mostly unspoken assumptions , and they both order our culture and determine its direction . Food is " everyday " - it has to be , or we would not survive for long . But food is never just something to eat ...
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... a play organizes actions and words into component parts such as acts , scenes , speeches , dia- logues , entrances , and exits , all in the sequences designed for them . However humble it may be , a meal has a 14 Much Depends On Dinner.
... a play organizes actions and words into component parts such as acts , scenes , speeches , dia- logues , entrances , and exits , all in the sequences designed for them . However humble it may be , a meal has a 14 Much Depends On Dinner.
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... and a willingness to question passionately matters which used to be thought too basic for words . I think the reason for this is that we are fighting back with an altogether healthy urge to recapture ancient but 20 Much Depends On Dinner.
... and a willingness to question passionately matters which used to be thought too basic for words . I think the reason for this is that we are fighting back with an altogether healthy urge to recapture ancient but 20 Much Depends On Dinner.
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... word " maïs , " and it is differentiated from wheat , England's " corn , " by being called in England " corn on the cob . " The word maize , in American usage , refers to the plant as it was when the Indians grew it , before the white ...
... word " maïs , " and it is differentiated from wheat , England's " corn , " by being called in England " corn on the cob . " The word maize , in American usage , refers to the plant as it was when the Indians grew it , before the white ...
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... word they used for the latter , in the Haitian language spoken on the island , was maïs . In this manner , and on a single day , these two fateful plants were introduced to Europe and the rest of the world . Columbus's journal for ...
... word they used for the latter , in the Haitian language spoken on the island , was maïs . In this manner , and on a single day , these two fateful plants were introduced to Europe and the rest of the world . Columbus's journal for ...
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