No Foreign Food

âœReading Richard Pillsburyâs remarkable No Foreign Food like the grand opening of a new restaurant in oneâs neighborhood is an exciting and pleasurable event. He engagingly chronicles the amazing diversity of Americaâs food ways that are so central to our history and culture but he also tells us why our eating habits are much more than mere gastronomic experiences. â Karl Raitz UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY âœNo Foreign Food is the only serious up-to-date treatment of American food habits that I knowâa subject unaccountably neglected by most students of the American scene. In Pillsburyâs skillful hands American food habits become more than just a set of cranky likes and dislikes but instead a mirror to Americaâs larger culture. â It is an indispensable book for any serious student of the American scene. â Pierce Lewis PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY No Foreign Food explores the evolution and transformation of the American diet from colonial times to the present. How and why did our bland colonial diet evolve into todayâs restless melange of exotic foods? Why are Hoppinâ John lutefisk and scrapple once so important seldom eaten today? How has the restaurant shaped our daily menus? These and hundreds of other questions are addressed in this examination of the changing American diet. Language: English