Read Anywhere and on Any Device!

Subscribe to Read | $0.00

Join today and start reading your favorite books for Free!

Create Free Account

Eating in America

0/5 ( ratings)

The story of American eating begins and ends with the fact that American food, by most of the world's standards, is not very good. This is a rather sad note considering the "land of plenty" the first American settlers found, and even sadder considering that with the vast knowledge of food we possess, we have still managed to create things such as the TV dinner and "Finger Lickin' Good" chicken. Nevertheless, America's eating habits, the philosophy behind these habits, and much of the food itself are deliciously fascinating. Waverly Root and Richard de Rochemont, in a style that is rich, tasty, and ironic, chronicle the history of American food and eating customs from the time of the earliest explorers to the present. In writing this chronicle on American food, Root and de Rochemont have in fact created a fresh and commanding history of the United States itself. Eating in America is an erudite, sumptuous, witty, marvelously readable study; truly a book to feast on time and again.

Language: English

Pages: 512

Format: Paperback

Release: January 01, 1976

ISBN 13: 9780912946887

Eating in America

0/5 ( ratings)

The story of American eating begins and ends with the fact that American food, by most of the world's standards, is not very good. This is a rather sad note considering the "land of plenty" the first American settlers found, and even sadder considering that with the vast knowledge of food we possess, we have still managed to create things such as the TV dinner and "Finger Lickin' Good" chicken. Nevertheless, America's eating habits, the philosophy behind these habits, and much of the food itself are deliciously fascinating. Waverly Root and Richard de Rochemont, in a style that is rich, tasty, and ironic, chronicle the history of American food and eating customs from the time of the earliest explorers to the present. In writing this chronicle on American food, Root and de Rochemont have in fact created a fresh and commanding history of the United States itself. Eating in America is an erudite, sumptuous, witty, marvelously readable study; truly a book to feast on time and again.

Language: English

Pages: 512

Format: Paperback

Release: January 01, 1976

ISBN 13: 9780912946887

More books from Waverley Root

The Food of France

4.2/5 ( ratings)

The Food of Italy

4.2/5 ( ratings)

Food by Waverley Root: An Authoritative and Visual History and Dictionary of the Foods of the World

4.2/5 ( ratings)

The Cooking of Italy

3.5/5 ( ratings)

The Best Of Italian Cooking

4.3/5 ( ratings)

The Cooking of Italy (Foods World) (Foods of the World)

4.3/5 ( ratings)

Eating in America

4.3/5 ( ratings)

The Cooking of Italy

4.3/5 ( ratings)

Rate this book!

Write a review?