02316cam a2200277 i 450000100070000000500170000700800410002402000250006502000220009004100080011205000230012008200140014310000290015724500940018626000490028030000290032944000380035850400510039650508840044752005450133165000230187665000320189965000410193165000220197265000440199412268420230411085622.0160719s2009    nyua    rb    001 0 eng d  a9780231140935 (pbk.)  a0231140932 (pbk.)0 aeng14aTX 715bS642e 200900a641.309731 aSmith, Andrew F.,d1946-10aEating history :b30 turning points in the making of American cuisine /cAndrew F. Smith.  aNew York :bColumbia University Press,c2009  a376 p. :bill. ;c23 cm. 0aArts and traditions of the table.  aIncludes bibliographical references and index.0 aPrologue --  Oliver Evans's automated mill --  The Erie Canal --  Delmonico's --  Sylvester Graham's reforms --  Cyrus McCormick's reaper --  A multiethnic smorgasbord --  Giving thanks --  Gail Borden's canned milk --  The homogenizing war --  The transcontinental railroad --  Fair food --  Henry Crowell's Quaker special --  Wilbur O. Atwater's calorimeter --  The Cracker Jack snack --  Fannie Farmer's cookbook --  The Kelloggs' corn flakes --  Upton Sinclair's Jungle --  Frozen seafood and TV dinners --  Michael Cullen's super market --  Earle MacAusland's Gourmet --  Jerome I. Rodale's Organic gardening --  Percy Spencer's radar --  Frances Roth and Katharine Angell's CIA --  McDonald's drive-in --  Julia Child, the French chef --  Jean Nidetch's diet --  Alice Waters's Chez Panisse --  TVFN --  The Flavr Savr --  Mergers, acquisitions, and spin-offs --  Epilogue.  aFood expert and celebrated food historian Andrew F. Smith recounts & mdash;in delicious detail & mdash;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 scientists, adventurous entrepreneurs, celebrity chefs, and relentless health nuts... 0aCooking, American. 0aCooking, AmericanxHistory. 0aFood habitszUnited StatesxHistory. 4aCocina americana. 4aHábitos alimenticioszEstados Unidos.