Garden variety : the American tomato from corporate to heirloom /

John Hoenig explores the path by which, over the last two centuries, the tomato went from a rare seasonal crop to America's favorite vegetable. Garden Variety illuminates American culinary culture from 1800 to the present, challenging a simple story of mass-produced homogeneity and demonstratin...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Hoenig, John (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Columbia University Press, [2018]
Colección:Arts and traditions of the table.
Temas:
Tomatoes > United States > History.
Tomato industry > United States > History.
Tomates > États-Unis > Histoire.
Tomates > Industrie > États-Unis > Histoire.
GARDENING > Essays.
GARDENING > Reference.
GARDENING > Vegetables.
SCIENCE > Life Sciences > Horticulture.
HISTORY > United States > 19th Century.
Tomato industry
Tomatoes
United States
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  • INTRODUCTION
  • 1. THE EARLY AMERICAN TOMATO
  • 2. THE TOMATO ON THE FARM: CULINARY AND AGRICULTURAL ADVANCEMENTS, 1820-1900
  • 3. A TOMATO FOR ALL SEASONS: THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE TWELVE-MONTH FRESH AND PROCESSED TOMATO INDUSTRIES, 1880-1945
  • 4. CONSUMING TOMATOES: CULINARY CREATIVITY AND EXPANSION IN THE AGE OF INDUSTRIALIZATION
  • 5. "A POOR TOMATO IS BETTER THAN NO TOMATO": THE HARVESTER AND THE COMMODIFICATION OF THE TOMATO
  • 6. MEET THE FARMER OR BECOME ONE: CHALLENGING COMMERCIAL FOOD CULTURE
  • CONCLUSION
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index.

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