Culinary ephemera : an illustrated history / William Woys Weaver.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Weaver, William Woys, 1947-

Series:

California studies in food and culture ; 30.

California studies in food and culture ; v.30

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Printed ephemera--Food.

Printed ephemera.

Food habits--History.

Food habits.

Cooking, American--History.

Cooking, American.

Dinners and dining--History.

Dinners and dining.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (319 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Berkeley : University of California Press, c2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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."

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Preface

Introduction

1. Almanacs and Calendars

2. Americans Abroad

3. Beer, Wine, and Other Drinking Ephemera

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

Acknowledgments

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 285-289) and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 24. Apr 2020)

ISBN:

9781784024444

1784024449

9780520947061

0520947061

OCLC:

794663706