Much Depends on Dinner: The Extraordinary History of Mythology, Allure, and Absessions,Perils, Taboos of an Ordinary Meal
By Margaret Visser.
Description
Winning unanimous praise on its publication and now available in paperback from Grove Press, Much Depends on Dinner is a delightful and intelligent history of the food we eat. Presented as a meal, each chapter represents a different course or garnish. Borrowing from Byron's classic poem "Don Juan" for her title ("Since Eve ate apples, much depends on dinner"), writer Margaret Visser looks to the most ordinary American dinner for her subject -- corn on the cob with butter and salt, roast chicken with rice, salad dressed in lemon juice and olive oil, and ice cream -- ...
ISBN(s)
0020088515, 9780020088516
