Kitchen Literacy / How We Lost Knowledge of Where Food Comes from and Why We Need to Get It Back - Vileisis, Ann
How We Lost Knowledge of Where Food Comes from and Why We Need to Get It Back
KORTE INHOUD
Ask children where food comes from, and they’ll probably answer: “the supermarket.” Ask most adults, and their replies may not be much different. Where our foods are raised and what happens to them between farm and supermarket shelf have become mysteries. How did we become so disconnected from the sources of our breads, beef, cheeses, cereal, apples, and countless other foods that nourish us every day? Ann Vileisis’s answer is a sensory-rich journey through the history of making dinner. Kitchen Literacy takes us from an eighteenth-century garden to today’s sleek supermarket aisles, and eventually to farmer’s markets that are now enjoying a resurgence. Vileisis chronicles profound changes in how American cooks have considered their foods over two centuries and delivers a powerful statement: what we don’t know could hurt us. As the distance between farm and table grew, we went from knowing particular places and specific stories behind our foods’ origins to instead relying on advertisers’ claims. The woman who r...
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2007Uitgever: Island Pr, 2008332 paginasTaal: EngelsISBN-10: 1597261440ISBN-13: 9781597261449Koop dit boek tweedehands
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Redelijk / izgst direct leverbaar ! hardcover met s.o. ongebr.ongelezen. So lichte krasjes en doffe plekjes, boekblok als nieuw, snede bovenzijde n paar zwarte stipjes. [Auteur: Vileisis, Ann] [Taal: en] [Uitgever: Island Pr, 2008] [Titel: Kitchen Literacy / How We Lost Knowledge of Where Food Comes from and Why We Need to Get It Back]
