Food in Motion : the migration of foodstuffs and cookery techniques : proceedings : Oxford symposium 1983 / [editor, Alan Davidson].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Davidson, Alan, 1924-2003, editor.

Chef Fritz Blank Culinary Archive and Library (University of Pennsylvania)

Culinary Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

French

Subjects (All):

Food--History--Congresses.

Food.

History.

Food crops--History--Congresses.

Food crops.

Food habits--History--Congresses.

Food habits.

International cooking--History--Congresses.

International cooking.

Genre:

Conference papers and proceedings.

Penn Provenance:

Blank, Fritz (donor)

Physical Description:

2 volumes : illustrations ; 29 cm

Distribution:

Oxford : Reproduced by the Oxford University Press,

Other Title:

Oxford Symposium 1983 : Food in Motion

Place of Publication:

Stanningley, Leeds : Prospect Books, [1983]

Contents:

v. 1. Sugar: The migrations of a plant product during 2000 year / C. Anne Wilson; Grain Foods of the Early Turks / Charles Perry; Corn: Stone-Age and Iron-Age Confrontations in North American Colonies / Alice Ross; Chuño and Tunta / Dawn and Douglas Nelson; Potato Recipes in Holland from 1600 until 1850 / J. Witteveen; The Medlar: Going or Coming Back / Hella van Schaik-Colijn; The Italian Influence on Mediaeval Catalan Cuisine / Barbara Santich; The Spread of Kebabs and Coffee: Two Islamic Movements? / Claudia Roden; 'Siesses' and 'Saueres' / William Woys Weaver; The Cornish Pasty in Northern Michigan / William G. Lockwood and Yvonne R. Lockwood; The Evolution of Immigrant Cuisines / Christopher Driver; Australia's Food Culture Originated in England / Lionel Stone; Australia's 'One Continuous Picnic' / Michael Symons; Margriet's Advice to the Dutch Housewife: Changes in Eating Habits in the Netherlands, 1945-1975 / Catherine Salzman; How Festive Foods of the Old World Became Commonplace in the New, or The American Perception of Hungarian Goulash / Louis Szathmary; Spaghetti

But Not on Toast!: Italian Food in London / Valerie Mars; New American Cuisine: Japonaiserie in Sarasota / Raymond Sokolov; The Migration of Ingredients and Cookery Methods/The Evolution or Invention of Dishes / Suzy Benghiat

v. 2. Preface / Alan Davidson; The Migration of Chinese Noodles to the Philippines: A Look into the Development of Chinese Philippine Cuisine / Reynaldo Gamboa Alejandro

Aspects de l'Itineraire des Styles Alimentaires des Groupes Ethniques et Culturels Immigres en France / Manuel Calvo; Spices and the Shaping of Our World: A few examples / Sheldon Greenberg; Ireland without the Potato: Short and Long-Term Solutions / Jillian Strang and Joyce Toomre; Gastronomy: A Contribution to a Little-Known History (with a Flashback to Symposia in Classical Times) / Mauro and Enrico Vincenti; Fast-Food Merchandising

Its Origins and Significance / Michael E. Eliot Hurst; The Changing Pattern of Greek Foodways in America / Robert J. Theodoratus; Introductory Thoughts on the Symposium Papers / Alan Davidson; Addendum to 'Grain Foods of the Early Turks' / Charles Perry; Recipes from the 'Sent Sovi' / Barbara Santich; Reports on Activities of Working Groups; Oxford Symposium 1983: List of Participants and Contributors.

Notes:

Cover illustrations of volume 1 are "very slightly adapted from drawings reproduced in 'Foods American Gave the World' bu A. Hyatt Verrill ... The picture on the back of the cover shows a pre-Incan chocolate cup decorated with a man holding cacao pods. Those on the front are all of pre-Incan jars in the form of fruits of vegetable ..."

Cover illustration of volume 2 is of a metal implement for drying corncobs. The whole thing is shown on the back cover. The drawing is by Soun.

Contains list of those who attended or contributed papers in absentia to the Oxford Symposium 1983: (v. 2, pages 119-122).

English and French.

Includes bibliographies.

Local Notes:

Kislak Center Chef Fritz Blank Culinary Archive and Library copy presented to the Penn Libraries by Fritz Blank in 2008.

ISBN:

0907325157

0907325076

0907325165

OCLC:

12108241