Culinary ephemera : an illustrated history
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Culinary ephemera : an illustrated history
(California studies in food and culture, 30)
University of California Press, c2010
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 285-289) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
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 with fascinating history, the volume is the first serious attempt to organize culinary ephemera into categories, making it useful for food lovers, collectors, designers, and curators alike. Much more than a catalog, "Culinary Ephemera" follows this paper trail to broader themes in American social history such as diet and health, alcoholic beverages, and Americans abroad. It is a collection that, as Weaver notes, will 'transport us into the vicarious worlds of dinners past, brushing elbows with the reality of another time, another place, another human condition'.
Table of Contents
Preface: Seduced by Yum-Yum
Introduction: Why Culinary Ephemera?
1 Almanacs and Calendars
2 Americans Abroad
3 Beer, Wine, and Other
Drinking Ephemer
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
Index
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