The period from the 1820s to 1890 was one of invention, new trends, and growth in the American food culture. Inventions included the potato chip and Coca-Cola.

Not just about the rise of the factories or the emergence of the modern city, this fascinating history conveys how it felt to work the assembly line and walk th

Culinary Aesthetics and Practices in Nineteenth-Century American Literature examines the preponderance of food imagery in nineteenth-century literary texts. Con

Ideal for American history and food history students as well as general readers, this book spans 500 years of cooking in what is now the United States, supplyin

The stories captured in this compelling new collection reveal that US history cannot be understood apart from our relationship to food. Beginning with Native Am