Garden variety : the American tomato from corporate to heirloom / John M. Hoenig.

By:

Hoenig, John [author.]

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Arts and traditions of the tablePublisher: New York : Columbia University Press, [2018]Description: 1 online resource (x, 270 pages)Content type:

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

9780231546386
0231546386

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Garden variety.DDC classification:

635/.6420973 23

LOC classification:

SB349 .H64 2018eb

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Contents:

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.

Summary: 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 demonstrating the persistence of diverse food cultures throughout modern America.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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In English.

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 demonstrating the persistence of diverse food cultures throughout modern America.

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