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Savory Suppers and Fashionable Feasts : Dining in Victorian America by Susan Williams (1996, Trade Paperback)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherUniversity of Tennessee Press
ISBN-100870499122
ISBN-139780870499128
eBay Product ID (ePID)100591
Product Key Features
Number of Pages368 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameSavory Suppers and Fashionable Feasts : Dining in Victorian America
Publication Year1996
SubjectUnited States / 19th Century, General, Agriculture & Food (See Also Political Science / Public Policy / Agriculture & Food Policy), History, World, Customs & Traditions
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaCooking, Social Science, History
AuthorSusan Williams
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height1.1 in
Item Weight26.1 Oz
Item Length9.1 in
Item Width7.1 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
LCCN95-004391
Dewey Edition20
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal394.1/2/097309034
SynopsisSavory Suppers and Fashionable Feasts offers a delightfully flavorful tour of dining in America during the second half of the nineteenth century. Susan Williams investigates the manners and morals of that era by looking at its eating customs and cooking methods. As she reveals, genteel dining became an increasingly important means of achieving social stability during a period when Americans were facing significant changes on a variety of fronts--social, cultural, intellectual, technological, and demographic. Focusing on the rapidly expanding middle class, Williams not only examines mealtime rituals, but she looks at the material culture of Victorian dining: the furniture, the furnishings, and the growing array of accouterments--from asparagus tongs to sardine servers and lace doilies--that supported genteel expectations for table side behavior. She also explores changing ideas about meals--how they fit into the daily schedule and what kinds of food and drink came to characterize specific meals and menus. Complementing Williams' analysis and descriptions is a lavish array of illustrations, as well as a rich sampling of recipes from the diaries and cookbooks of the era. The result is at once an informative look at life in Victorian America and a sumptuous celebration of a key moment in the country's culinary experience. For this new paperback edition, Williams has updated the bibliography and included a new introduction that summarizes trends and advances in the study of dining since the book's first publication in 1985.
LC Classification NumberTX715.W7293 1996
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