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Breakfast: A History

✍️ Arndt Anderson, Heather
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🏛 Altamira Press 📅 2013 📔 Hardcover ISBN: 9780759121638
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📝 Description: Breakfast: A History

From corn flakes to pancakes, Breakfast: A History explores this "most important meal of the day" as a social and gastronomic phenomenon. It explains how and why the meal emerged, what is eaten commonly in this meal across the globe, why certain foods are considered indispensa...

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This title operates firmly within the non-fiction food history subgenre, prioritizing cultural analysis over practical instruction. The catalog entry is sparse, offering little detail beyond its general scope of global breakfast traditions. Consequently, it stands as a niche item for readers specifically interested in gastronomic anthropology rather than those seeking recipes or techniques. It will not suit home cooks looking for immediate culinary application or those preferring narrative-driven food memoirs. The book’s value lies entirely in its academic framing of a mundane daily event. Readers should expect a descriptive survey of customs rather than an engaging story or a definitive guide to preparation.
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Eatbook Family editorial team

This title operates firmly within the non-fiction food history subgenre, prioritizing cultural analysis over practical instruction. The catalog entry is sparse, offering little detail beyond its general scope of global breakfast traditions. Consequently, it stands as a niche item for readers specifically interested in gastronomic anthropology rather than those seeking recipes or techniques. It will not suit home cooks looking for immediate culinary application or those preferring narrative-driven food memoirs. The book’s value lies entirely in its academic framing of a mundane daily event. Readers should expect a descriptive survey of customs rather than an engaging story or a definitive guide to preparation.

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