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SOCL 4252: Food in American History and Culture

Interdisciplinary exploration of what food means to Americans by examining food writing, history, production, and consumption.

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Internet Resources on West Coast Cuisine

Searching for the First California Cuisine
Archivist Richard Foss laments the scanty culinary accounts of early visitors to California.
WBUR: From Brown Rice To Tofu, How 'Hippie Food' Became American Cuisine (Audio)
Author Jonathan Kauffman tells how the '60s counterculture moved Americans toward vegetarianism.
A History of Winegrowing in California and the Southwest
From 'A History of Wine in America' by Thomas Pinney (1989).

E-books on West Coast Cuisine

California Cuisine and Just Food by Sally K. Fairfax, et al.
Call Number: E-book
ISBN: 026201811X
Publication Date: 2012
Food, Health, and Culture in Latino Los Angeles by Sarah Portnoy
Call Number: E-book
ISBN: 9781442251298
Publication Date: 2016
Inside the California Food Revolution: Thirty Years That Changed Our Culinary Consciousness by Joyce Goldstein
Call Number: E-book
ISBN: 9780520268197
Publication Date: 2013
The Nature of Borders: Salmon, Boundaries, and Bandits on the Salish Sea by Lissa K. Wadewitz
Call Number: E-book
ISBN: 0295991828
Publication Date: 2012
Pacific Northwest Cheese: A History by Tami Parr
Call Number: E-book
ISBN: 0870717049
Publication Date: 2013
The Winemaker's Dance: Exploring Terroir in the Napa Valley by David G. Howell, et al.
Call Number: E-book
ISBN: 0520235134
Publication Date: 2004

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