Breakfast a History

Informationen zum Autor Heather Arndt Anderson, a Portland native, is a freelance journalist and food writer. She is the author of Breakfast: A History (AltaMira Press, 2013) and Portland: A Food Biography (Rowman & Littlefield Studies in Food and Gastronomy, 2014). She is presently writing Chilies: A Global History. In a previous life, she was a plant ecologist and blogger. She plays hobby-homesteader in Portland with her husband, son, cats, and chickens. Klappentext From corn flakes to pancakes, Breakfast: A History explores this "most important meal of the day" as a social and gastronomic phenomenon. It explains how and why the meal emerged, what is eaten commonly in this meal across the globe, why certain foods are considered indispensable, and how it has been depicted in art and media. Heather Arndt Anderson's detail-rich, culturally revealing, and entertaining narrative thoroughly satisfies. Inhaltsverzeichnis Series Foreword, by Ken Albala Acknowledgments Introduction Chapter 1: History and Social Context Chapter 2: Around the World in a Meal Chapter 3: Breakfast at Home Chapter 4: Breakfast Out Chapter 5: Breakfast in the Arts and Media Notes Bibliography Index About the Author

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Heather Arndt Anderson, Heather Arndt Anderson, Heather Arndt-Anderson
• Editore: Rowman and Littlefield
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 01.07.2013
• EAN: 9780759121638
• ISBN: 978-0-7591-2163-8
• Serie: The Meals Series; The Meals Series
• Categorie: Guide e manuali > Mangiare e bere > Libri di cucina a tema; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia > Storia della cultura