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Taste of American Place: A Reader on Regional and Ethnic Foods

✍️ Shortridge, Barbara G
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🏛 Rowman & Littlefield Publishers 📅 1999 📔 Paperback ISBN: 9780847685073

📝 Description: Taste of American Place: A Reader on Regional and Ethnic Foods

Tracing the intertwined roles of food, ethnicity, and regionalism in the construction of American identity, this textbook examines the central role food plays in our lives. Drawing on a range of disciplines-including sociology, anthropology, folklore, geography, history, and n...

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It is strictly for those willing to engage with dense academic texts from sociology and anthropology. Home cooks looking for practical recipes or quick cultural anecdotes will find it dry and inaccessible. The tone is analytical rather than inspirational. Readers should expect a textbook experience that prioritizes theoretical inquiry over culinary application, making it suitable only for serious scholars of food culture.
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It is strictly for those willing to engage with dense academic texts from sociology and anthropology. Home cooks looking for practical recipes or quick cultural anecdotes will find it dry and inaccessible. The tone is analytical rather than inspirational. Readers should expect a textbook experience that prioritizes theoretical inquiry over culinary application, making it suitable only for serious scholars of food culture.

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