{"product_id":"a-short-history-of-the-american-stomach-paperback","title":"A Short History of the American Stomach - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eFrederick Kaufman\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrederick Kaufman offers a piquant sampling of American history by way of the stomach.Travel with him as he tracks down our earliest foodies; discovers the secret history of Puritan purges; introduces diet gurus of the nineteenth century such asWilliam Alcott, who believed that \"nothing ought to be mashed before it is eaten\"; traces extreme feeders from Paul Bunyan to eating-contest champ Dale Boone (descended from Daniel, of course); and investigates our blithe efforts to re-create the plants and animals that we've eaten to the point of extinction.With outraged wit and an incredible range of sources that includes everything from Cotton Mather's diary to interviews with Amish black-market raw-milk dealers, Kaufman takes readers on a Bourdainmeets- Pollan tour of the American gut.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis rollicking survey of our national food manias from Cotton Mather ('Look after thy stomach') to Rachael Ray is amiably peripatetic.--\u003ci\u003eNew York Observer\u003c\/i\u003eFrederick Kaufman offers apiquant sampling of American history by way of the stomach. Travel with him as he discovers the secret history of Puritan purges; introduces diet gurus of the nineteenth century; traces extreme feeders from Paul Bunyan to eating-contest champ Dale Boone (descended from Daniel, of course); and investigates our blithe efforts to re-create the plants and animals that we've eaten to the point of extinction. With outraged wit and an incredible range of sources that includes everything from Cotton Mather s diary to interviews with Amish black-market raw-milk dealers, Kaufman provides a revelatory look at how we eat now. \"Witty and polemical... [Kaufman]makes some valuable points about how the stomach influences the ways Americans view themselves.\"--\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e\"This brief, chatty tour offers a fascinating interior view of the nation's gut-centricity.\"--\u003ci\u003eChristian Science Monitor\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\"For the foodie on your gift list.\"--\u003ci\u003ezagat.com\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eFREDERICK KAUFMAN\u003c\/b\u003eis a professor of English at the City University of New York and CUNY's Graduate School of Journalism. He has written about American food culture and other subjects for \u003ci\u003eHarper's Magazine, \u003c\/i\u003e the\u003ci\u003e New Yorker, \u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eGourmet, \u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eGastronomica, \u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eSaveur, \u003c\/i\u003eand the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Magazine, \u003c\/i\u003eamong others. He lives in New York.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 224\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.56 x 8.04 x 5.36 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 25, 2009\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51762741608736,"sku":"9780156034692","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/c61846fc119ef68627166c6c4e4d386a.webp?v=1780224902","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/a-short-history-of-the-american-stomach-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}