Much Depends On Dinner: The Extraordinary History and Mythology Allure and Obsessions Perils and Taboos of an Ordinary Meal
by Visser, Margaret
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0802100236
- ISBN 13
- 9780802100238
- Seller
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Middlebury, Vermont, United States
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About This Item
NY: Grove Press. 2nd pr.. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. In this immensely learned and attractive book, Visser gives a chapter to each of the nine ingredients of a simple dinner: corn with salt and butter, chicken with rice, lettuce with olive oil and lemon juice, ice cream. Each of these foods has a "weird, passionate, often savage history of its own," which she relates in spirited prose, rich in surprising facts, unexpected connections, and a well-documented outrage at what modern technology and agribusiness have done to purity and quality. This presents a remarkable amount of information seamlessly and entertainingly. Stated First Edition but lowest in number line is 2. Clean copy. Record # 381617
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- Bookseller
- Browsing Is Arousing (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 381617
- Title
- Much Depends On Dinner: The Extraordinary History and Mythology Allure and Obsessions Perils and Taboos of an Ordinary Meal
- Author
- Visser, Margaret
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- 2nd pr.
- ISBN 10
- 0802100236
- ISBN 13
- 9780802100238
- Publisher
- Grove Press
- Place of Publication
- NY
- This edition first published
- 1988-02
- Keywords
- Cooking and Food, History, , .
- Bookseller catalogs
- Cooking and Food;
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