ISSUE 65, COLONIAL COOKING, Part 1: Culinary Antiquarianism
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American Cookbooks & Culinary Antiquarianism Before there was culinary history there was culinary antiquarianism. Culinary antiquarianism highlighted the charm of the old, valued suggestiveness over precision, gestured at a traditional civility and hospitality, connected foods with a way of life that is lost, or perishing, or imperiled, or at odds with present methods and manners. Its values stood at odds with scientific household management, nutrition, physical culture, and consumption ideologies such as vegetarianism, Grahamism, Hydropathy, or raw food consumption.
ISSUE 65, COLONIAL COOKING, Part 1: Culinary Antiquarianism
ISSUE 65, COLONIAL COOKING, Part 1: Culinary…
ISSUE 65, COLONIAL COOKING, Part 1: Culinary Antiquarianism
American Cookbooks & Culinary Antiquarianism Before there was culinary history there was culinary antiquarianism. Culinary antiquarianism highlighted the charm of the old, valued suggestiveness over precision, gestured at a traditional civility and hospitality, connected foods with a way of life that is lost, or perishing, or imperiled, or at odds with present methods and manners. Its values stood at odds with scientific household management, nutrition, physical culture, and consumption ideologies such as vegetarianism, Grahamism, Hydropathy, or raw food consumption.