Acquired Tastes Stories About The Origins Of Modern Food Benjamin R Cohen by Benjamin R. Cohen, Michael S. Kideckel, Anna Zeide 9780262542913, 0262542919 instant download after payment.

How
modern food helped make modern society between 1870 and 1930: stories
of power and food, from bananas and beer to bread and fake meat.
The
modern way of eating—our taste for food that is processed, packaged,
and advertised—has its roots as far back as the 1870s. Many food writers
trace our eating habits to World War II, but this book shows that our
current food system began to coalesce much earlier. Modern food came
from and helped to create a society based on racial hierarchies,
colonization, and global integration. Acquired Tastes explores
these themes through a series of moments in food history—stories of
bread, beer, sugar, canned food, cereal, bananas, and more—that shaped
how we think about food today.
            Contributors
consider the displacement of native peoples for agricultural
development; the invention of Pilsner, the first international beer
style; the “long con” of gilded sugar and corn syrup; Josephine Baker’s
banana skirt and the rise of celebrity tastemakers; and faith in
institutions and experts who produced, among other things, food rankings
and fake meat.