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Breakfast : a history / Heather Arndt Anderson

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Lanham, Maryland : AltaMira Press, a division of Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., c2013Description: ix, 227 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780759121638
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • GT 2850 .A53 2013
Contents:
History and Social Context -- Around the World in a Meal -- Breakfast at Home -- Breakfast Out -- Breakfast in the Arts and Media.
Summary: "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 indispensable, and how it has been depicted in art and media. Heather Arndt Anderson's detail-rich, culturally revealing, and entertaining narrative thoroughly satisfies."
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Item type Current library Home library Collection Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Books Books National University - Manila LRC - Main General Circulation Hospitality Management GC GT 2850 .A53 2013 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) c.1 Available NULIB000009036

Includes bibliographical references and index.

History and Social Context -- Around the World in a Meal -- Breakfast at Home -- Breakfast Out -- Breakfast in the Arts and Media.

"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 indispensable, and how it has been depicted in art and media. Heather Arndt Anderson's detail-rich, culturally revealing, and entertaining narrative thoroughly satisfies."

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