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Cooking Technology: Transformations in Culinary Practice in Mexico and Latin America

New scientific discoveries, technologies and techniques often find their way into the space and equipment of domestic and professional kitchens. Using approaches based on anthropology, archaeology and history, Cooking Technology reveals the impact these and the associated broader socio-cultural, political and economic changes have on everyday culinary practices, explaining why people transform – or, indeed, refuse to …

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Caviar with Champagne: Common Luxury and the Ideals of the Good Life in Stalin’s Russia (Leisure, Consumption and Culture)

“Life has become more joyous, comrades.”–Josef Stalin, 1936Stalin’s Russia is best known for its political repression, forced collectivization and general poverty. Caviar with Champagne presents an altogether different aspect of Stalin’s rule that has never been fully analyzed – the creation of a luxury goods society. At the same time as millions were queuing for bread and starving, …

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Inventing the Pizzeria: A History of Pizza Making in Naples

Pizza is one of the best-known and widely exported Italian foods and yet relatively little is known about its origins in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. Myths such as the naming of pizza margherita after the Italian queen abound, but little serious scholarly attention has been devoted to the topic. Eschewing exaggerated fables, this book draws …

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