Breakfast : a history / Heather Arndt Anderson

By:

Anderson, Heather Arndt [author]

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Lanham, Maryland : AltaMira Press, a division of Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., c2013Description: ix, 227 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmISBN:

9780759121638

Subject(s):

BREAKFASTS -- HISTORY

LOC classification:

GT 2850 .A53 2013

Contents:

History and Social Context -- Around the World in a Meal -- Breakfast at Home -- Breakfast Out -- Breakfast in the Arts and Media.

Summary: "From corn flakes to pancakes, Breakfast: A History explores this "most important meal of the day" as a social and gastronomic phenomenon. It explains how and why the meal emerged, what is eaten commonly in this meal across the globe, why certain foods are considered indispensable, and how it has been depicted in art and media. Heather Arndt Anderson's detail-rich, culturally revealing, and entertaining narrative thoroughly satisfies."

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Item type	Current library	Home library	Collection	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Books	National University - Manila	LRC - Main General Circulation	Hospitality Management	GC GT 2850 .A53 2013 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	c.1	Available		NULIB000009036

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

History and Social Context -- Around the World in a Meal -- Breakfast at Home -- Breakfast Out -- Breakfast in the Arts and Media.

"From corn flakes to pancakes, Breakfast: A History explores this "most important meal of the day" as a social and gastronomic phenomenon. It explains how and why the meal emerged, what is eaten commonly in this meal across the globe, why certain foods are considered indispensable, and how it has been depicted in art and media. Heather Arndt Anderson's detail-rich, culturally revealing, and entertaining narrative thoroughly satisfies."

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