@article{311045,
      recid = {311045},
      author = {Williams, Susan.},
      title = {Food in the United States, 1820s-1890 /},
      publisher = {Greenwood Press,},
      address = {Westport, Conn. :},
      pages = {xv, 240 p. :},
      year = {2006},
      abstract = {This volume is indispensable for understanding this period  in American history and the consumer culture today, through  its survey of inventions and new technology, the beginnings  of classic American food brands, regional foodways, and  diet fads. Annotation. The period from the 1820s to 1890  was one of invention, new trends, and growth in the  American food culture. Inventions included the potato chip  and Coca-Cola. Patents were taken out for the tin can,  canning jars, and condensed milk. Vegetarianism was  promulgated. Factories and mills such as Pillsbury came  into being, as did Quaker Oats and other icons of American  food. This volume describes the beginnings of many familiar  mainstays of our daily life and consumer culture. It  chronicles the shift from farming to agribusiness.  Cookbooks proliferated and readers will trace the  modernization of cooking, from the hearth to the stove, and  the availability of refrigeration. Regional foodways are  covered, as are how various classes ate at home or away. A  final chapter covers the diet fads, which were similar to  those being touted today.},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/311045},
}