Eating history : thirty turning points in the making of American cuisine
"Food expert and celebrated food historian Andrew F. Smith recounts ℗|in delicious detail℗| the creation of contemporary American cuisine. The diet of the modern American wasn't always as corporate, conglomerated, and corn-rich as it is today, and the style of American cooking, along with the ingredients that compose it, has never been fixed. With a cast of characters including bold inventors, savvy restaurateurs, ruthless advertisers, mad scient...