Visser, Margaret, <br/><br/>
Much depends on dinner :  since Eve ate apples / 
Subtitle on cover:  Extraordinary history and mythology, allure and obsessions, perils and taboos of an ordinary meal 
Margaret Visser. 
 - Second edition. 
 - 351 pages :  illustrations ;  23 cm 
<br/><br/> "With a new introduction by the author"--Cover. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>Introduction to the second edition -- Introduction: What shall we have for dinner? --   Corn: Our Mother, our life --  Salt: The edible rock --  Butter - and something "Just as Good" --  Chicken: From jungle fowl to patties --  Rice: The tyrant with a soul --  Lettuce: The vicissitudes of salad --  Olive oil: A tree and its fruits --  Lemon juice: A sour note --  Ice cream: Cold comfort. -- Reference -- Index  1.  2.  3.  4.  5.  6.  7.  8.  9. 
<br/><br/> Describes the history, myths, and business, scientific, and agricultural aspects of corn, salt, butter, chicken, rice, lettuce, olive oil, lemon juice, and ice cream. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0802144934 9780802144935 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Food habits.<br/>Food--History.<br/>Dinners and dining.<br/>Food habits--England<br/>Dinners and dining--England<br/>Food habits--Social aspects<br/>Food--Social aspects.<br/>Food--Folklore.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>England--Social life and customs.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>GT2860  / .V57 2008 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>394.12