Food and the novel in nineteenth-century America [electronic resource] / Mark McWilliams.
Series: AltaMira studies in food and gastronomy2012Description: xx, 199 pISBN:- 9780759120945 (cloth : alk. paper)
- 9780759120969 (e-book)
- 813/.3093564 23
- PS374.F63 M33 2012eb

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction : conflicting tastes -- Old food in a new land -- Wholesome food for a wholesome people -- Revolution in the kitchen -- Good women bake good biscuits -- Dining out in the novel -- Eating nostalgia -- Afterword: food and the novel in America.
Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2011. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.