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Revolution in Eating: How the Quest for Food Shaped AmericaSugar, pork, beer, corn, cider, scrapple, and hoppin' John all became staples in the diet of colonial America. The ways Americans cultivated and prepared food and the values they attributed to it played an important role in shaping the identity of the newborn nation. In A Revolution in Eating, James E. McWilliams presents a colorful and spirited tour of culinary attitudes, tastes, and techniques throughout colonial America. Confronted by strange new
Sugar, pork, beer, corn, cider, scrapple, and hoppin' John all became staples in the diet of colonial America. The ways Americans cultivated and prepared food and the values they attributed to it played an important role in shaping the identity of the newborn nation. In A Revolution in Eating, James E. McWilliams presents a colorful and spirited tour of culinary attitudes, tastes, and techniques throughout colonial America. Confronted by strange new animals, plants, and landscapes, settlers in the colonies and West Indies found new ways to produce food. Integrating their British and European tastes with the demands and bounty of the rugged American environment, early Americans developed a range of regional cuisines. From the kitchen tables of typical Puritan families to Iroquois longhouses in the backcountry and slave kitchens on southern plantations, McWilliams portrays the grand variety and inventiveness that characterized colonial cuisine. As colonial America grew, so did its palate, as interactions among European settlers, Native Americans, and African slaves created new dishes and attitudes about food. McWilliams considers how Indian corn, once thought by the colonists as "fit for swine," became a fixture in the colonial diet. He also examines the ways in which African slaves influenced West Indian and American southern cuisine. While a mania for all things British was a unifying feature of eighteenth-century cuisine, the colonies discovered a national beverage in domestically brewed beer, which came to symbolize solidarity and loyalty to the patriotic cause in the Revolutionary era. The beer and alcohol industry also instigated unprecedented trade among the colonies and further integrated colonial habits and tastes. Victory in the American Revolution initiated a "culinary declaration of independence," prompting the antimonarchical habits of simplicity, frugality, and frontier ruggedness to define American cuisine. McWilliams demonstrates that this was a shift not so much in new ingredients or cooking methods, as in the way Americans imbued food and cuisine with values that continue to shape American attitudes to this day.Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Published: 11/26/2007
ISBN: 9780231129930
Pages: 386
Weight: 1.14lbs
Size: 8.88h x 6.06w x 0.70d
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Sink caddy
Color: Black, Size: 9.25″
Works great!! Holds dishsoap, sponge, and brushes. Also love how it sits on side of sink to allow water to drain.
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★★★★★ 4
Great sink organizer
Color: Black, Size: 9.25″
Great sink organizer to keep things out of the way and tidy. Very easy to assembly and it comes with rubber feet to help prevent it from sliding around. It is very light though so if you dont have a heavy bottle to weigh it down, it can be easy to knock over.
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Works!
Color: Black, Size: 9.25″
I'd been looking at this type of thing for almost a year. I thought it was probably one of those gadget things that never really work. I finally took a chance and so glad I did. This one works! It keeps my counter clean and water free. It's sturdy and I never worry about it tipping over.
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Sink caddy
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It looks so clean. Fits the space perfectly.
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★★★★★ 5
Good Value
Color: Black, Size: 9.25″, Color: Black, Size: 9.25″
This sink caddy is really practical and helps keep the kitchen sink area organized. It holds sponges and brushes neatly, and the self-draining design works well to keep things from getting soggy. A simple but very useful addition to the kitchen.
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