Breakfast: A HistoryFrom 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. |
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Crítica de los usuarios - Daumari - LibraryThingShort read (took slightly longer than usual because finals and visiting family), but a good detailed history behind the first meal of the day- various cultures, different diets, etc. Still trying to ... Leer comentario completo
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Bacon,eggs and toast as breakfast eaten in the morning. Breakfast in old adage saying is the most important meal as it 'breaks the fast of' nighttime slumber, fuels the hungry brain and provide stamina for the day
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Ch02 AROUND THE WORLD IN A MEAL | 29 |
Ch03 BREAKFAST AT HOME | 93 |
Ch04 BREAKFAST OUT | 125 |
Ch05 BREAKFAST IN THE ARTS AND MEDIA | 163 |
NOTES | 189 |
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR | 227 |
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Términos y frases comunes
19th century accessed November advertising Albala American breakfast bacon bagels baked banana became began biscuits boiled Book bowl bread breakfast cereals Breakfast Club breakfast foods breakfast menus breakfast table British butter cakes called cheese chicken chocolate Clean Living Movement coffee congee cookbook author Cookery cooking corn Corn Flakes cornmeal cream culinary Dainty dining dinner dish domestic doughnuts early eat breakfast eaten for breakfast eggs electric England English English muffins enjoyed Europe fast Filboid Studge Flakes flavor French fried fruit grapefruit House households housewife housewives included John Harvey Kellogg juice Kellogg’s kitchen London M. F. K. Fisher Magazine maize McDonald’s meat milk modern morning meal mothers muffins oatmeal omelet one’s pancakes popular pork porridge potatoes prepared recipe restaurants salt sandwich sausage served slices soup steak stewed sugar toast toaster today’s tomatoes traditional typically waffles wine women World wrote yogurt York
Información bibliográfica
| Título | Breakfast: A History The Meals Series |
| Autor | Heather Arndt Anderson |
| Editor | AltaMira Press, 2013 |
| ISBN | 0759121656, 9780759121652 |
| Largo | 238 páginas |
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