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Author:
Peters, Erica J.
Title:
San Francisco : a food biography / Erica J. Peters.
Publisher:
Rowman & Littlefield,
Copyright Date:
c2013
Description:
xiv, 227 pages cm.
Subject:
Food--San Francisco Bay Area--San Francisco Bay Area--History.
Food habits--San Francisco Bay Area--San Francisco Bay Area--History.
Food industry and trade--San Francisco Bay Area--San Francisco Bay Area--History.
Cooking, American--History.--History.
Agriculture--California--History.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-213) and index.
Contents:
The material resources -- Native American foodways -- Immigrants and ethnic neighborhoods -- Food markets and retailing -- Famous restaurants -- San Francisco cookbooks -- Signature dishes.
Summary:
This food biography presents the story of how food traveled from farms to markets, from markets to kitchens, and from kitchens to tables, focusing on how people experienced the bounty of the City by the Bay.
Series:
Big city food biographies series
ISBN:
0759121532 (ebook)
9780759121539 (ebook)
0759121516 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780759121515 (cloth : alk. paper)
LCCN:
2013018090
Locations:
USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)
UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Ankeny)

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