" ... in twenty meals, The taste of Empire tells the story of how the British created a global food trade that moved people and plants across continents ... Taking us on a wide-ranging culinary journey from the American frontier to the Far East, from sixteenth-century Newfoundla…
Meat -- Wheat -- Sugar -- Risk -- Violence -- Metabolism -- Bodies -- Earth -- Acceleration. "In this magisterial study, Chris Otter traces Britain's transition to a diet rich in animal proteins and refined carbohydrates like wheat and sugar, a diet that required more acreage t…
"First patented in 1856, baking powder sparked a classic American struggle for business supremacy. For nearly a century, brands battled to win loyal consumers for the new leavening miracle, transforming American commerce and advertising even as they touched off a chemical revolu…
Food is a source of nourishment, a cause for celebration, an inducement to temptation, a means of influence and signifies good health and well-being. Together with other life-enhancing goods, such as clean water, unpolluted air, adequate shelter and suitable clothing, food is a …
Food is a source of nourishment, a cause for celebration, an inducement to temptation, a means of influence and signifies good health and well-being. Together with other life-enhancing goods, such as clean water, unpolluted air, adequate shelter and suitable clothing, food is a …
Visualizing Taste explores transformations in what Americans conceived as a "natural color" of food between the 1870s and 1970s. It analyzes the role of business in creating the modern world of the senses by focusing on the origins and development of the use of visual appeals, p…
The component parts of a manufacturing system are important. Without peripherals and services such as pumps, boilers, power transmission, water treatment, waste disposal, and efficient lighting, the system will collapse. Food Plant Engineering Systems, Second Edition fills the n…
The interaction of food industry and environment
Food and society