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Title:

Eating words : a Norton anthology of food writing / edited by Sandra M. Gilbert & Roger J. Porter ; with a foreword by Ruth Reichl.

Edition:

First edition.

Publisher:

W.W. Norton & Company,

Copyright Date:

2015

Description:

xxxiii, 471 pages ; 25 cm.

Subject:

Gastronomy--History--Sources.
Food in literature.
Food writing.

Other Authors:

Gilbert, Sandra M, editor.
Porter, Roger J., 1936- editor.
Reichl, Ruth, author of foreword.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [465]-471).

Contents:

Reading food writing: the language of taste. At the family hearth: memory, identity, ethnicity -- Hunger games: the delight and dread of eating -- Kitchen practices: chefs, cooks, and tools of the trade -- Cultural tales and tables: our diverse gastronomic ways -- Food politics: disputes over the menu -- Reading food writing: the language of taste.

Summary:

"A glorious survey of food writing from the classical world to the present,"--NoveList.

ISBN:

0393239845 (hardcover)
9780393239843 (hardcover) :

OCLC:

(OCoLC)902661371

LCCN:

2015017219

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

TYPH572 -- Cedar Rapids Public Library (Cedar Rapids)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)