Savory Suppers And Fashionable Feasts: Dining Victorian America
This book offers a delightfully flavorful tour of dining in America during the second half of the nineteenth century. Susan Williams investigates the manners and morals of that era by looking at its eating customs and cooking methods. Complementing Williams's analysis and descriptions is a lavish...
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This book offers a delightfully flavorful tour of dining in America during the second half of the nineteenth century. Susan Williams investigates the manners and morals of that era by looking at its eating customs and cooking methods. Complementing Williams's analysis and descriptions is a lavish array of illustrations, as well as a rich sampling of recipes from the diaries and cookbooks of the era. The result is at once an informative look at life in Victorian America and a sumptuous celebration of a key moment in the country's culinary experience.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780870499128 (0870499122)
Publish date: April 3rd 1996
Publisher: Univ Tennessee Press
Pages no: 368
Edition language: English
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