| Description |
1 online resource (319 pages) |
| Series |
California Studies in Food and Culture ; v. 30 |
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California studies in food and culture
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| Contents |
Culinary Ephemera; CONETNTS; PREFACE: Seduced by Yum-Yum; INTRODUCTION: Why Culinary Ephemera?; 1 Almanacs and Calendars; 2 Americans Abroad; 3 Beer, Wine, and Other Drinking Ephemera; 4 Broadsides, Handbills, and Posters; 5 Brochures and Advertising Literature; 6 Business Cards; 7 Diet and Health; 8 Labels; 9 Match Covers; 10 Menus; 11 Postcards; 12 Recipe Books and Product Pamphlets; 13 Sheet Music; 14 Stoves, Canning, and Cooking Classes; 15 Trade Cards; 16 Valentines and Mottos; 17 Wrappers and Packaging; 18 Wild Cards; EPILOGUE: The Legacy of Yum-Yum; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY |
| Summary |
This extraordinary collection, a trove of enchanting designs, appealing colors, and forgotten motifs that stir the imagination, features an unprecedented assortment of ephemera, or paper collectibles, related to food. It includes images of postcards, match covers, menus, labels, posters, brochures, valentines, packaging, advertisements, and other materials from nineteenth- and twentieth-century America. Internationally acclaimed food historian William Woys Weaver takes us on a lively tour through this dazzling collection in which each piece tells a new story about food and the past. Packed wit |
| Analysis |
19th century |
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20th century |
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advertisements |
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america |
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beauty |
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brochures |
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collection |
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collectors |
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cuisine |
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culinary |
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curators |
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decorators |
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designers |
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designs |
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diet and health |
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food collectibles |
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food historians |
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food history |
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food labels |
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food lovers |
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food packaging |
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food stories |
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food |
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history |
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human condition |
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illustrated |
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images |
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kitchen setting |
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lively |
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match covers |
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menus |
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motifs |
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paper collectibles |
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past foods |
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postcards |
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posters |
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social history |
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valentines |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 285-289) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Printed ephemera -- Food
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Food habits -- History
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Cooking, American -- History
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Dinners and dining -- History
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ANTIQUES & COLLECTIBLES -- Paper Ephemera.
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DESIGN -- Clip Art.
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DESIGN -- Graphic Arts -- Branding & Logo Design.
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DESIGN -- Graphic Arts -- Commercial & Corporate.
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DESIGN -- Graphic Arts -- Illustration.
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HISTORY -- Social History.
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Cooking, American
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Dinners and dining
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Food habits
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2010009707 |
| ISBN |
9780520947061 |
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0520947061 |
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