Breakfast Cereal
A Global History
$30.74
- Hardcover
144 pages
- Release Date
30 June 2023
Summary
Simple, healthy and comforting, breakfast cereals are a perennially popular way to start the day around the world. They have a long, distinguished and surprising history - around 10,000 years ago, with the advent of agriculture, people began breaking their fast with porridges made from wheat, rice, corn and other grains. It was only in the second half of the nineteenth century, however, in the United States, that a series of entrepreneurs and food reformers created the breakfast cereals we re…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781789146950 |
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| ISBN-10: | 178914695X |
| Author: | Kathryn Cornell Dolan |
| Publisher: | Reaktion Books |
| Imprint: | Reaktion Books |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 144 |
| Release Date: | 30 June 2023 |
| Weight: | 320g |
| Dimensions: | 19mm x 226mm x 129mm |
| Series: | Edible |
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“An entertaining journey from the earliest accounts of pottages and porridges to the contemporary craze for breakfast bars, this is a must read.”
‘An entertaining journey from the earliest accounts of pottages and porridges to the contemporary craze for breakfast bars, this is a must read.’ – Etta M. Madden, Clif and Gail Smart Professor of English, Missouri State University
About The Author
Kathryn Cornell Dolan
Kathryn Cornell Dolan is an associate professor of English and technical communication at the Missouri University of Science and Technology. Her books include Cattle Country.
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