The Taste of America

[Columbia, S.C.]: University of South Carolina Pres, 1989. 3rd ed. Hardcover. Dog-earring to approx ten pages (now unfolded but crease lines remain), else tight, clean and ovrall very good(+) thus, in a near fine very lightly edge-worn jacket now housed in an archival mylar. in near fine dust-jacket. Quarto in color-illus dark blue and white glossy jacket; xx, 384 pages; 24 cm bibliographical references (pages 355-372). This third editon includes new twenty page preface by the authors. Considered a classic on food in the United States; on cooking, dining and eating in America. / Contents: Introduction: The Taste of Y2K -- Rape of the Palate -- Onward and Downward -- Colonial Eden -- "Better Than Fresh" -- Let Them Eat Cake -- The Art of the Hearth -- Eliza -- Fannie -- The Recipe Racket -- The Gourmet Plague -- Vive la Difference -- Dining Out -- The Hustlers -- A la Mode -- Home Ec -- The Nonfoodists -- Manicured Chickens -- The Green Revolution -- Hope -- Fancy Is Not Always Good -- Our Last Review -- Heartburn -- Karen's Thanksgiving Turkey -- But Let the Potato Chips Fall Where They May -- Icon Flambe. Food. Cooking. Food industry and trade. Aliments. food. Cooking. Food. Food industry and trade. Cookbooks. Cookbooks. Livres de cuisine. / Gastronmy.