This book follows the development of industrial agriculture in California and its influence on both regional and national eating habits. Early California politi

Discusses the history and spread of the International Slow Food Movement which was sparked in 1986 when Carlo Petrini organized a protest against plans to build

From chef and food activist Alice Waters, an impassioned plea for a radical reconsideration of the way each and every one of us cooks and eats In We Are What We

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The development of an American wine ethos. The history of wine is a tale of capitalist production and consumer experience, and early Americans embraced the idea