Lunch: A History

Name: Lunch: A History
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ISBN: 9781442227460

✍️ Elias, Megan

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Food Writing & History

📚 EDITORIAL REVIEW

“Food historians, cultural enthusiasts, and curious home cooks looking for a deeper intellectual dive will love this. If you are hunting for weeknight meal plans, dinner party menus, or kitchen shortcuts, you will be disappointed.

— Editorial Team

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Elias, Megan

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🏛 Rowman & Littlefield Publishers 📅 2014 📔 Hardcover ISBN: 9781442227460

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📝 Description: Lunch: A History

This six-continent survey of the history, customs, and representations of the midday meal explains -who eats what for lunch; -where and when they eat it; -and what it means in the larger cultural context. The first international history of lunch, this book provides a...

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Eatbook Family editorial team

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This book offers a fascinating sociological lens on the midday meal, examining customs and traditions across diverse global contexts. It successfully connects agriculture with social science, providing deep insight into how lunch functions as a cultural marker. However, it is not a cookbook. Readers looking for recipes, cooking instructions, or kitchen tips will find no practical value here. It is strictly an academic exploration of food history and policy, best suited for scholars and historians rather than culinary enthusiasts seeking to cook.

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⭐ eatbookfamily.com editorial review Editorial rating 4.6/5

★★★★★

Food historians, cultural enthusiasts, and curious home cooks looking for a deeper intellectual dive will love this. If you are hunting for weeknight meal plans, dinner party menus, or kitchen shortcuts, you will be disappointed.

Reader rating

4.6

Based on 1 reviews

Eatbook Family editorial team

This book offers a fascinating sociological lens on the midday meal, examining customs and traditions across diverse global contexts. It successfully connects agriculture with social science, providing deep insight into how lunch functions as a cultural marker. However, it is not a cookbook. Readers looking for recipes, cooking instructions, or kitchen tips will find no practical value here. It is strictly an academic exploration of food history and policy, best suited for scholars and historians rather than culinary enthusiasts seeking to cook.

❓ Frequently asked questions

No, this is a cultural history text rather than a traditional illustrated cookbook with recipes.

It investigates global customs, who eats what at midday, and the broader social meaning of the midday meal across different eras and cultures.

📖 Who should read this

📜 Historical context

This global survey charts the evolution of the midday meal across six continents, examining the cultural traditions, social customs, and changing meanings behind what humanity eats in the middle of the day, rather than serving as a standard collection of kitchen recipes.