Kitchen literacy : how we lost knowledge of where food comes from and why we need to get it back / Ann Vileisis.
by
 
Vileisis, Ann.

ISBN
9781597261449

Title
Kitchen literacy : how we lost knowledge of where food comes from and why we need to get it back / Ann Vileisis.

Author
Vileisis, Ann.

Personal Author
Vileisis, Ann.

Publication Information
Washington : Island Press/Shearwater Books, c2008.

Physical Description
332 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Contents
Introduction: Missing Stories -- Ch. 1. A Meal by Martha -- Ch. 2. To Market, to Market -- Ch. 3. Mystifying the Mundane -- Ch. 4. Denaturing the Senses -- Ch. 5. A New Longing for Nature -- Ch. 6. Rise of the Modern Food Sensibility -- Ch. 7. The Covenant of Ignorance -- Ch. 8. Kitchen Countertrends -- Epilogue: returning Stories to the Modern Kitchen.

Subject Term
Cookery, American -- History.
 
Food habits -- United States -- History.
 
Diet -- United States -- History.

Format
Books

Electronic Access
Publisher description http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0732/2007025781-d.html

Publication Date
2008

Publication Information
Washington : Island Press/Shearwater Books, c2008.


Shelf NumberMaterial TypeCopyShelf LocationStatus
641.5973 VILBook1Standard shelving locationStandard shelving location