Culinary ephemera : an illustrated history / William Woys Weaver.
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Language: | English |
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Berkeley :
University of California Press,
[2010], ©2010.
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Series: | California studies in food and culture ;
30. Sheila and Marilynn Brass Culinary Collection. |
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Physical Description: | xiii, 299 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 22 cm. |
Format: | Book |
Contents:
- Preface : Seduced by yum-yum
- Introduction : Why culinary ephemera?
- Almanacs and calendars
- Americans abroad
- Beer, wine, and other drinking ephemera
- Broadsides, handbills, and posters
- Brochures and advertising literature
- Business cards
- Diet and health
- Labels
- Match covers
- Menus
- Postcards
- Recipe books and product pamphlets
- Sheet music
- Stoves, canning, and cooking classes
- Trade cards
- Valentines and mottos
- Wrappers and packaging
- Wild cards
- Epilogue : The legacy of yum-yum.