Author: William Weaver Year: 2010 Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Food
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ISBNs: 9780520259775 0520259777 |
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This extraordinary collection, a trove of enchanting designs, appealing colors, and forgotten motifs that stir the imagination, features an unprecedented assortment of ephemera, or paper collectibles, related to food. It includes images of postcards, match covers, menus, labels, posters, brochures, valentines, packaging, advertisements, and other materials from nineteenth- and twentieth-century America. Internationally acclaimed food historian William Woys Weaver takes us on a lively tour through this dazzling collection in which each piece tells a new story about food and the past. Packed with fascinating history, the volume is the first serious attempt to organize culinary ephemera into categories, making it useful for food lovers, collectors, designers, and curators alike. Much more than a catalog, Culinary Ephemera follows this paper trail to broader themes in American social history such as diet and health, alcoholic beverages, and Americans abroad. It is a collection that, as Weaver notes, will "transport us into the vicarious worlds of dinners past, brushing elbows with the reality of another time, another place, another human condition."
This book is part of the "California Studies in Food and Culture" series. Here are some other books from this series:
 | "The Life of Cheese" First published in 2012 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
 | "The Queen of Fats" First published in 2006 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
 | "The Spice Route" First published in 2005 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
 | "Safe Food" First published in 2003 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
 | "Food Politics" First published in 2002 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
 | "Cuisine and Empire" First published in 1996 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
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