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Renaissance Italy's art, literature, and culture continue to fascinate. The domestic life has been examined more in recent years, and this book reveals the preparation, eating, and the sociability of dining in Renaissance Italy. It takes readers behind the scenes to the Renaissance kitchen and dining room, where everyday meals as well as lavish banquets were prepared and consumed. Katherine McIver considers the design, equipment, and location of the...
183) Pioneer farm cooking
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Discusses the everyday life, family roles, cooking methods, and common foods of pioneers who settled in the Midwest during the late 1800s and early 1900s. Includes recipes.
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"Ever wonder if there's a better way to live, work, and eat? You're not alone. Here is the story of five back-to-the-land movements, from 1840 to present day, when large numbers of utopian-minded people in the United States took action to establish small-scale farming as an alternative to mainstream agriculture. Then and now, it's the story of people striving to live freely and fight injustice, to make the food on their table a little healthier, and...
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"An Essence Best New Winter Read" "Winner of the C. Wright Mills Award, The Society for the Study of Social Problems" "James Beard Foundation Book Award Nominee" Joseph C. Ewoodzie Jr. is associate professor of sociology and the Vann Professor of Racial Justice at Davidson College. He is the author of Break Beats in the Bronx: Rediscovering Hip-Hop's Early Years. He lives in Charlotte, North Carolina. Twitter @piko_e
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