[sotd] December 16, 2002 [Not by Bread Alone]
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Site of the Day for Monday, December 16, 2002
Not by Bread Alone: America's Culinary Heritage
From Cornell University's Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections comes
an inviting website which explores social history through food. Gentle
Members thinking about next week's menus may find this site provides a
different perspective.
"American food culture has evolved through a rich interplay of foreign
adaptation and home-grown invention. The food gathering and cultivation
methods of native peoples; America's successive waves of colonial and
immigrant populations; and 20th-century revolutions in agriculture and
cooking technologies=96all have shaped our culinary heritage. 'Not by Bread
Alone' explores the influences and inventions that have shaped American
food habits over the past two hundred years. . . Food and eating habits
are a compelling tool for examining culture. Culinary histories illuminate
national and ethnic identities and evolving gender roles, thereby shedding
light on shifting social boundaries, changing patterns of family life, and
national aspirations and values." - from the website
Beginning with an excellent introduction, the site examines such topics as
American taste, the elegant table, gastronomy, temperance and prohibition,
corpulency, leanness and dietary reform and kitchen technology through
brief examples from period works of menus, illustrations and photographs
and books.
Munch to the website for a fascinating exploration of American history
through food at:
http://rmc.library.cornell.edu/food/
A.M. Holm
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