Food Studies

In recent years, scholars from a variety of disciplines have turned their attention to food to gain a better understanding of history, culture, economics, and society. The emerging field of food studies has yielded a great deal of useful research and a host of publications. Missing, however, has been a focused effort to use gender as an analytic tool. This stimulating collection of original essays addresses that oversight, investigating the important connections Applying

The Kingdom of Rye unearths the foods and flavors of the Russian land. Preeminent food studies scholar Darra Goldstein offers listeners a concise, engaging, and gorgeously crafted story of Russian cuisine and culture. This story demonstrates how national identity is revealed through food—and how people know who they are by what they eat together. The Kingdom of Rye examines the Russians' ingenuity in overcoming hunger, a difficult climate, and a history of political hardship while deciphering Russia's social structures from within.

Between 1850 and 1950, experts and entrepreneurs in Britain and the United States forged new connections between the nutrition sciences and the commercial realm through their enthusiasm for new edible consumables. The resulting food products promised wondrous solutions for what seemed to be both individual and social ills.

With a specific focus on the United States of America, the methods that we use to discuss literature and other art are applied to wine-making and wine culture. The book explores the debates about how to evaluate wine and the problems inherent in numerical scoring as well as evaluative tasting notes, whether winemakers can be artists, the discourse in wine culture involving natural wine and biodynamic farming, as well as how people judge what makes a wine great.

For most Americans in the 19th century, it wasn't what you ate, but how much you ate, that mattered. Late in the century, doctors wrote books like How To Be Plumb and the voluptuous woman was the ideal. The famed actress Lillian Russell, considered by many the epitome of beauty, weighed almost 200 pounds. Today, in contrast, Americans seem obsessed with calories, diets and slimness, and with eating healthful amounts of vitamins, minerals, fats, and proteins. What sparked this remarkable revolution in the way we eat.

Thorough preparation cannot be overlooked. That is why the author Vince Valentine, a food industry professional, developed the Servsafe Study Guide! This edition is a complete review & practice questions edition. It contains hundreds of practice questions with rationales! It covers all essential concepts found on the exam from all categories of the exam. You can listen to or read it wherever life takes you!

Human beings are getting fatter and sicker. As we question what we eat and why we eat it, this book argues that living well involves consuming a raw vegan diet. With eating healthfully and eating ethically being simpler said than done, this book argues that the best solution to health, environmental, and ethical problems concerning animals is raw veganism—the human diet.

In the fast-paced food service industry, one mistake in food safety can lead to devastating consequences. Many managers feel overwhelmed by the responsibility of keeping their establishments safe and compliant, while also preparing for their certification exam. The pressure of ensuring both customer safety and regulatory compliance can be immense.

Unlock your food service career with the Ultimate ServSafe Manager Certification Study Guide! Master the ServSafe Manager Certification exam with this comprehensive preparation guide, packed with practice questions and answers to serve as your complete roadmap to exam success. Inside, you'll find full coverage of all exam topics, practice questions with in-depth explanations, a comprehensive review of food safety principles, proven strategies to help you pass the exam, and real-world scenarios covering critical food safety concepts.

Ensure your food safety knowledge meets industry standards! In the fast-paced foodservice world, safe food handling is essential for legal compliance, customer trust, and business success. This guide covers key topics like preventing foodborne illnesses, managing allergens, and maintaining hygiene, equipping food managers to master safety protocols and safeguard public health. This study guide is designed to help you prepare for the ServSafe Manager exam, an essential certification for anyone in charge of food safety management.

You are no doubt a busy professional with a lot of things going on! It can be challenging to find the time to study in preparation for the Servsafe exam. However, the truth is that the Servsafe test is a challenging test. It is normal to have some anxiety about taking this test. Thorough preparation cannot be overlooked. That is why the author Vince Valentine, a food industry professional, developed the Servsafe Study Guide! This edition is a practice questions edition. It contains hundreds of practice questions with detailed rationales!

Thorough preparation cannot be overlooked. That is why the author Vince Valentine, a food industry professional, developed the Servsafe Study Guide! This edition is a complete review & practice questions edition. It contains hundreds of practice questions with rationales! It covers all essential concepts found on the exam from all categories of the exam. You can listen to it wherever life takes you!

The first Thanksgiving at Plymouth in 1621 was a powerfully symbolic event and not merely the pageant of abundance that we still reenact today. In these early encounters between Indians and English in North America, food was also symbolic of power: The venison brought to Plymouth by the Indians, for example, was resonant of both masculine skill with weapons and the status of the men who offered it. These meanings were clearly understood by Plymouth's leaders, however weak they appeared in comparison.