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Author Snodgrass, Mary Ellen

Title Encyclopedia of kitchen history / Mary Ellen Snodgrass
Published New York : Fitzroy Dearborn, ©2004

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Description 1 online resource (684 pages) : illustrations
Contents Acton, Elizabeth -- Air Conditioning -- Akabori, Minekichi -- Alcohol -- Aluminum -- Amanite Kitchens -- Amish Kitchens -- Amphora -- Aphrodisiacs -- Apicius, Caelius -- Appert, Nicolas -- Aprons -- Archestratus -- Automat -- Babiche -- Baby Food -- Bain-marie -- Bakelite -- Baking -- Baldwin, Bessie -- Bamboo -- Bananas -- Banquets -- Barbecue -- Basketry -- Beard, James -- Beecher, Catharine Esther -- Beer -- Beeton, Isabella -- Bellarmine -- Bentz, Melitta -- Birdseye, Clarence -- Biscuit -- Borden, Gail, Jr. -- Bow Drill -- Brass -- Braziers -- Bread -- Brereton, Maud Adeline -- Brooms, Brushes, and Mops -- Cabinets and Cupboards -- Caches -- Camp Cookery -- Can Openers -- Candles -- Candy -- Canisters -- Cannibalism -- Canning -- Careme, Marie-Antoine -- Carver, George Washington -- Cauldrons -- Cereals -- Chafing Dish -- Chang Ch'ien -- Charcoal -- Cheese -- Chests -- Chickee -- Child, Julia -- Children in Kitchen History -- Chinampa -- Chocolate -- Chopsticks -- Chuckwagons -- Churning -- Clark, Ava Milam -- Cleaver -- Clock -- Coal -- Cochrane, Josephine -- Coconut -- Coffee -- Coffeemaker -- Colonial Kitchens, American -- Communal Meal -- Condiments and Seasonings -- Convenience Foods -- Cookbook -- Cookie -- Cooking Stone -- Cookware -- Cooperative Kitchens -- Cording -- Cork -- Corn -- Corson, Juliet -- Dairying -- Dalen, Nils Gustaf -- David, Elizabeth -- Design -- Detergent -- Digby, Kenelm -- Dishwashing -- Double Boiler -- Drying Foods -- Dutch Oven
Summary "From the discovery of fire to the latest space mission, the Encyclopedia of Kitchen History brings together the rich diversity of kitchen history in one accessible volume. Students, researchers, scholars, and culinary aficionados- from beginners to experts- will find this Encyclopedia to be a fascinating look into the history of the kitchen from the foodstuffs prepared to the tools and implements used as well as the innovators who shaped its function and utility"--Publisher's blurb
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 665-667) and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Kitchens -- History -- Encyclopedias
Cooking -- History -- Encyclopedias
HOUSE & HOME -- General.
Cooking
Kitchens
Genre/Form Electronic book
Encyclopedias
History
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2004018161
ISBN 0203319176
9780203319178
9781579583804
1579583806
9781135003197
113500319X