Making slow food fast in California cuisine / Victor W. Geraci.
2017
HD9007.C2 G47 2017
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Title
Making slow food fast in California cuisine / Victor W. Geraci.
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9783319528571 (electronic book)
3319528572 (electronic book)
9783319528564
3319528564
3319528572 (electronic book)
9783319528564
3319528564
Published
Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, [2017]
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English
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HD9007.C2 G47 2017
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301
Summary
This book follows the development of industrial agriculture in California and its influence on both regional and national eating habits. Early California politicians and entrepreneurs envisioned agriculture as a solution to the food needs of the expanding industrial nation. The state's climate, geography, vast expanses of land, water, and immigrant workforce when coupled with university research and governmental assistance provided a model for agribusiness. In a short time, the San Francisco Bay Area became a hub for guaranteeing Americans access to a consistent quantity of quality foods. To this end, California agribusiness played a major role in national food policies and subsequently produced a bifurcated California Cuisine that sustained both Slow and Fast Food proponents. Problems arose as mid-twentieth century social activists battled the unresponsiveness of government agencies to corporate greed, food safety, and environmental sustainability. By utilizing multidisciplinary literature and oral histories the book illuminates a more balanced look at how a California Cuisine embraced Slow Food Made Fast.
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