Synopsis Food historian Margaret Visser takes a meal of corn on the cob with butter and salt, roast chicken with rice, salad, and ice cream, and wittily deconstructs it, providing a wealth of information about the history, anthropology, and philosophy of one of life's great pleasures. When it was first published in 1986, MUCH DEPENDS ON DINNER was named a Best Book of the Year by both Publishers Weekly and The New York Times.
| Details | | Publication Date: | 1988-02-01 |
Publisher's Note Describes the history, myths, and business, scientific, and agricultural aspects of corn, salt, butter, chicken, rice, lettuce, olive oil, lemon juice, and ice cream.
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