The American Plate, Libby H. OConnell
The American Plate, Libby H. OConnell
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The American Plate
A Culinary History in 100 Bites

Author: Libby H. O'Connell

Narrator: Tanya Eby

Unabridged: 9 hr 5 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 11/11/2014

Categories: Cooking, Nonfiction

Includes: Bonus Material Bonus Material Included

Synopsis

For generations, people have proudly defined themselves and their values through their national cuisine. But American food, like its history, is a world of its own. This enticingly fresh book introduces modern listeners to lost American food traditions and leads them on a tantalizing culinary journey through the evolution of our vibrant cuisine and culture. Covering a hundred different foods from the Native American era through today and featuring over thirty recipes, this fascinating history of American food will delight history buffs and food lovers alike.

About Libby H. O'Connell

Libby H. O'Connell is senior vice president of Corporate Outreach and chief historian to the History Channel. Since joining A&E Television Network as a consultant in 1993, she has developed significant promotional alliances with such organizations as the National Trust for Historic Preservation, the Civil War Trust, and National History Day. She is an Emmy Award-winning educator, historian, preservationist, and documentary producer. She is also the author of several books, including Save Our History, White House-200th Anniversary, History of Halloween, and History Classroom-The Civil War (Spring 2011) the Idea Book for Educators. She has taught history at Long Island University and has served as president of Raynham Hall Museum on Long Island. Libby lives in New York City.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Jay on February 08, 2015

Reading “The American Plate” you can’t help but feel that you are reading the source material for a cable TV series on a history or food network. No surprise as the author works for the History Channel and A&E Networks and produces documentaries. Lots of odd and interesting topics are thrown in. (Mm......more

Goodreads review by Nathan on July 08, 2016

It is singularly unfortunate that there should be so much in the way of bad social history being written by people who have no business calling themselves historians [1]. Had the author been more restrained in making dubious claims and advocacy, and less interested in combining the worst elements of......more

Goodreads review by Helen on November 14, 2021

Interesting exploration of the changes to food consumption in the U S from pre-European colonization to the present.......more

Goodreads review by Rebecca on October 14, 2017

The author chooses 100 "bites" to show American history. These are not necessarily one food or one dish, but related items grouped together. Often an entry will have several short essays, showing different aspects of the food item(s) and/or the history the author has paired with them. While she jump......more

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