Aronson, Marc
Summary: "A middle-grade nonfiction book cowritten by Marc Aronson and historian/food writer Dr. Paul Freedmand with contributors Dr. Frederick Douglass Opie, Tatum Willis, Amanda Palacios, and David Zheng. American food and, by extension, American identify is much broader than the phrase "as American as apple pie." In a series of meals that take readers from pre-1492 through today, the text explores...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atheneum Books for Young Readers 2024
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 394.1 AROFreeman, Andrea
Summary: "The first and definitive history of the use of food in American law and politics as a weapon of conquest and control, a Fast Food Nation for the Black Lives Matter era In 1789, to subjugate Indigenous tribes, George Washington ordered his troops to "ruin their crops on the ground and prevent them planting more." Destroying the sources of food is just one way that the United States has used...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Metropolitan Books, Henry Holt and Company 2024
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 338.1 FRECopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 338.1 FREAndrews, Colman.
Summary: The Taste of America is a compendium of the best food in the USA. From the finest artisan cheeses to the fieriest chili sauce to the juiciest oysters, it is a celebration of the very best food produced in America, selected by renowned food expert and passionate eater, Colman Andrews. It covers 250 of the most exceptional food products manufactured and on sale in the USA (whether on a small or a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Phaidon Press 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.3 ANDSummary: Filmmaker Byron Hurt looks at the past and future of soul food, covering its roots in Western Africa, its incarnation in the American South, and the role it plays in the health crisis in the African American community. Examines the socioeconomics of the modern American diet, and how the food industry profits from producing cheap calories while healthy options remain expensive and hard to find.
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Publisher / Publication Date: PBS 2013
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV SOUContents: Robots everywhere--Sirens--Reedickyoulus--Hoppy bunny--Laser lenses--Couples skate--Dummy love--The marines--Bible fruit--Gene E--Shake like me--She creature--Chick magnet.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Madman Entertainment [distributor] 2010
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2 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV AQUKingsley, Lisa
Summary: "From the Smithsonian Institution, the real story of the American table in a collection of snapshots, stories, and recipes from the pre-colonial era through today, including the people and events that have often been left out. In this exploration of the American table, the Smithsonian Institution presents a fresh look at what and how we've fed ourselves, for sustenance and for pleasure, through...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harvest, an imprint of William Morrow 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.5973 KINFielding-Singh, Priya
Summary: "Inequality in America manifests in many ways, but perhaps nowhere more than in how we eat. From her years of field research, sociologist and ethnographer Priya Fielding-Singh brings us into the kitchens of dozens of families from varied educational, economic, and ethnoracial backgrounds to explore how--and why--we eat the way we do"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown Spark 2021
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1 available in Adult Display, Call number: 363.8 FIEFrerick, Austin
Summary: "Barons is the story of seven corporate titans, their rise to power, and the consequences for everyone else. Take Mike McCloskey, Chairman of Fair Oaks Farms. In a few short decades, he went from managing a modest dairy herd to running the Disneyland of agriculture, where school children ride trams through mechanized warehouses filled with tens of thousands of cows that never see the light of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Island Press 2024
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 338.4 FRECopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 338.4 FRELevenstein, Harvey A.
Summary: There may be no greater source of anxiety for Americans today than the question of what to eat and drink. Are eggs the perfect protein, or are they cholesterol bombs? Is red wine good for my heart or bad for my liver? Will pesticides, additives, and processed foods kill me? Here with some very rare and very welcome advice is food historian Harvey Levenstein: Stop worrying! In "Fear of Food"...
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Publisher / Publication Date: University of Chicago Press 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 613.2 LEVSax, David.
Summary: A food and business writer examines the world of food trends, revealing where they originate and where they end and who influences them, from food company test labs and trendy food trucks to what characters are eating on our television shows.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Perseus Books Group 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 394.12 SAXLord, Giselle Kennedy
Summary: "The Ark of Taste is a living catalog of our nation's food heritage preserving treasures passed down for generations-some rare, some endangered, all delicious. Created by Slow Food USA, the Ark shines light on history, identity, and taste through these unique food products, featuring recipes and the stories of how they reach our tables. In these pages you'll learn about: Carolina Gold rice,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Voracious, Little, Brown and Company 2023
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: At over a billion dollars, the mobile food industry is enjoying more publicity and notoriety than ever before. Catering to a new generation of foodies looking for quick and unique specialties, the mobile food business is booming with new opportunities for eager entrepreneurs like you. From gourmet food to all-American basics and hot dog wagons to bustaurants, our experts give you the delicious...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Entrepreneur Media, Inc. 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 658.6 STAImhoff, Dan
Summary: The Farm Bill is one of the most important pieces of legislation the American president signs. Negotiated every five to seven years, it has tremendous implications for food production, nutrition assistance, habitat conservation, international trade, and much more. Yet at nearly 1,000 pages, it is difficult to understand for policymakers, let alone citizens. In this primer, Dan Imhoff and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Island Press 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 363.8 IMHSummary: "What the health is a surprising, and at times hilarious, investigative documentary that will be an eye-opener for everyone concerned about our nation's health and how big business influences it"--Container.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC WHASummary: "CONSEQUENCES examines the scope of the obesity epidemic and explores the serious health consequences of being overweight or obese. CHOICES offers viewers the skinny on fat, revealing what science has shown about how to lose weight, maintain weight loss and prevent weight gain. CHILDREN IN CRISIS documents the damage obesity is doing to our nation's children. Through individual stories, this...
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Publisher / Publication Date: HBO Home Box Office 2012
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC WEISummary: Robert Kenner and Melissa Robledo team up with authors Michael Pollan and Eric Schlosser to examine the modern food industry's efficiency and vulnerabilities. -- Provided by publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2024
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Summary: Can man live on fast food alone? Morgan Spurlock tried to do just that. For thirty days, he ate nothing but three "squares" a day from McDonald's as part of an investigation into the effects of fast food on American health. The resulting documentary film, Super Size Me, won him resounding applause and a worldwide release that broke box-office records. Audiences were captivated by his...
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Publisher / Publication Date: G.P. Putnam's Sons 2005
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 614.5 SPUKessler, David A.
Summary: This book explains for the first time why it is exceptionally difficult to resist certain foods and why it's so easy to overindulge. Dr. Kessler"s cutting-edge investigation offers new insights and helpful tools to help us find a solution.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rodale 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 613.2 KESCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Health Nut KesslerPrud'homme, Alex
Summary: "Perhaps the most significant meals in the world have been consumed at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue by the presumptive leaders of the free world. Thomas Jefferson had an affinity for eggplant and FDR for terrapin stew. Nixon ate a lump of cottage cheese topped with barbecue sauce every day and Obama regularly had arugula. Now, Alex Prud'homme takes us to the dining tables of the White House to look...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2023
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1 available in Adult Display, Call number: 973.09 PRUCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: 973.09 PRUSummary: By the close of the Industrial Revolution, the American food supply was tainted--by frauds, fakes, and legions of new, untested chemicals--all threatening the health of consumers across the country. Based on the critically acclaimed book by Deborah Blum, it tells the story of crusading government chemist Harvey Washington Wiley, the man who led the pure food movement against the food...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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Place a hold to request this item.Blum, Deborah
Summary: Dr. Harvey Washington Wiley set out to ensure food safety. He selected food tasters to test various food additives and preservatives, letting them know that the substances could be harmful or deadly. The tasters were recognized for their courage, and became known as the poison squad.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Press 2018
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Summary: This book delves into the heated political battles over what kids eat at school, shedding light onto how policymakers craft food policy for schools. The book takes readers inside schools, through the history of school food programs in the United States and England, and into the policy terrain that makes school lunch difficult to change. Through diverse case studieshungry linebackers, pink...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Palgrave Macmillan 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 371.716 WEAGumpert, David E.
Summary: "Do Americans have the right to privately obtain the foods of our choice from farmers, neighbors, and local producers, in the same way our grandparents and great grandparents used to do?Yes, say a growing number of people increasingly afraid that the mass-produced food sold at supermarkets is excessively processed, tainted with antibiotic residues and hormones, and lacking in important...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 338.19 GUMSummary: Narrated by Katie Couric, the film blows the lid off everything that was known about food and exercise, revealing a 30-year campaign by the food industry, aided by the U.S. government, to mislead and confuse the American public. Exposing the hidden truths contributing to one of the largest health epidemics in history, it follows a group of families battling to lead healthier lives and reveals...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014