Breakfast
Subtitle: a history
By: Heather Arndt Anderson
Series: AltaMira studies in food and gastronomy; Studies in food and gastronomy
Publisher: AltaMira Press, a division of Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Published: 2013
Language: eng
Number of pages: 227
ISBN-13: 9780759121638; 9780759121652; 9780759121645
Subjects: Breakfasts; Food habits; History
Description: "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."--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-216) and index.
Table of contents: title: History and Social Context; title: Around the World in a Meal; title: Breakfast at Home; title: Breakfast Out; title: Breakfast in the Arts and Media.