@article{1478358,
      recid = {1478358},
      author = {Diner, Hasia R., },
      title = {Hungering for America : Italian, Irish, and Jewish  Foodways in the Age of Migration /},
      pages = {1 online resource (320 p.)},
      abstract = {Millions of immigrants were drawn to American shores, not  by the mythic streets paved with gold, but rather by its  tables heaped with food. How they experienced the realities  of America's abundant food-its meat and white bread, its  butter and cheese, fruits and vegetables, coffee and  beer-reflected their earlier deprivations and shaped their  ethnic practices in the new land. Hungering for America  tells the stories of three distinctive groups and their  unique culinary dramas. Italian immigrants transformed the  food of their upper classes and of sacred days into a  generic "Italian" food that inspired community pride and  cohesion. Irish immigrants, in contrast, loath to mimic the  foodways of the Protestant British elite, diminished food  as a marker of ethnicity. And East European Jews, who  venerated food as the vital center around which family and  religious practice gathered, found that dietary  restrictions jarred with America's boundless choices. These  tales, of immigrants in their old worlds and in the new,  demonstrate the role of hunger in driving migration and the  significance of food in cementing ethnic identity and  community. Hasia Diner confirms the well-worn adage, "Tell  me what you eat and I will tell you what you are."},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/1478358},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.4159/9780674034259},
}