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Author Hoenig, John, author

Title Garden variety : the American tomato from corporate to heirloom / John M. Hoenig
Published New York : Columbia University Press, [2018]

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Description 1 online resource (x, 270 pages)
Series Arts and traditions of the table : perspectives on culinary history
Arts and traditions of the table.
Contents Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- 1. THE EARLY AMERICAN TOMATO -- 2. THE TOMATO ON THE FARM: CULINARY AND AGRICULTURAL ADVANCEMENTS, 1820-1900 -- 3. A TOMATO FOR ALL SEASONS: THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE TWELVE-MONTH FRESH AND PROCESSED TOMATO INDUSTRIES, 1880-1945 -- 4. CONSUMING TOMATOES: CULINARY CREATIVITY AND EXPANSION IN THE AGE OF INDUSTRIALIZATION -- 5. "A POOR TOMATO IS BETTER THAN NO TOMATO": THE HARVESTER AND THE COMMODIFICATION OF THE TOMATO -- 6. MEET THE FARMER OR BECOME ONE: CHALLENGING COMMERCIAL FOOD CULTURE -- CONCLUSION -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index
Summary John Hoenig explores the path by which, over the last two centuries, the tomato went from a rare seasonal crop to America's favorite vegetable. Garden Variety illuminates American culinary culture from 1800 to the present, challenging a simple story of mass-produced homogeneity and demonstrating the persistence of diverse food cultures throughout modern America
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes In English
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Subject Tomatoes -- United States -- History
Tomato industry -- United States -- History
GARDENING -- Essays.
GARDENING -- Reference.
GARDENING -- Vegetables.
SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Horticulture.
HISTORY -- United States -- 19th Century.
Tomato industry
Tomatoes
United States
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780231546386
0231546386