UID:
edocfu_9960963553102883
Format:
1 online resource (288 pages).
ISBN:
0-520-97528-6
Series Statement:
California Studies in Food and Culture ; 72
Content:
Americans of the 1960s would have trouble navigating the grocery aisles and restaurant menus of today. Once-exotic ingredients—like mangoes, hot sauces, kale, kimchi, and coconut milk—have become standard in the contemporary American diet. Laresh Jayasanker explains how food choices have expanded since the 1960s: immigrants have created demand for produce and other foods from their homelands; grocers and food processors have sought to market new foods; and transportation improvements have enabled food companies to bring those foods from afar. Yet, even as choices within stores have exploded, supermarket chains have consolidated. Throughout the food industry, fewer companies manage production and distribution, controlling what American consumers can access. Mining a wealth of menus, cookbooks, trade publications, interviews, and company records, Jayasanker explores Americans’ changing eating habits to shed light on the impact of immigration and globalization on American culture.
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Frontmatter --
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Contents --
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Tables --
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Foreword --
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Editor’s Note --
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Introduction --
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1. The Globalization of the Fruit and Vegetable Trade --
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2. The Consolidation and Globalization of Grocery Stores --
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3. Marketing Ethnic Foods at Supermarkets --
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4. The Changing American Restaurant --
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5. Cookbooks Navigate the Globe --
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6. Indian Restaurants in America: A Case Study in Translating Diversity --
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7. Chinese Food from Chinatown to the Suburbs --
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8. Tortilla Politics --
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Conclusion: What Is an Authentic Taco? --
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List of Abbreviations Used in Notes and Bibliography --
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Notes --
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Bibliography --
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Index
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In English.
Additional Edition:
Print version: Jayasanker, Laresh, 1972-2018. Sameness in diversity. Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2020] ISBN 9780520343955
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1525/9780520975286
