New Books in Food
Shachar M. Pinsker, “A Rich Brew: How Cafés Created Modern Jewish Culture” (NYU Press, 2018)
Shachar M. Pinsker
A Rich Brew
How Cafés Created Modern Jewish Culture
NYU Press, 2018

New Books in Arts & LettersNew Books in FoodNew Books in HistoryNew Books in Intellectual HistoryNew Books in Jewish StudiesNew Books in Politics & SocietyNew Books in Religion & FaithNew Books Network August 6, 2018 David Gottlieb

The café, long a European institution, was also a stimulant and a refuge for European Jewish culture. In cities across Europe, and later in Palestine, Israel, and the United States, Jewish journalists, poets, and thinkers gathered in cafés to socialize, argue, create, and simply to be in a space that... Read More
Kelley Fanto Deetz, “Bound to the Fire: How Virginia’s Enslaved Cooks Helped Invent American Cuisine” (UP of Kentucky, 2017)
Kelley Fanto Deetz
Bound to the Fire
How Virginia’s Enslaved Cooks Helped Invent American Cuisine
University Press of Kentucky, 2017

New Books in African American StudiesNew Books in American StudiesNew Books in Arts & LettersNew Books in FoodNew Books in HistoryNew Books in Peoples & PlacesNew Books in Politics & SocietyNew Books Network July 26, 2018 Valerie Saint-Rossy

The concept of “Southern hospitality” began to take form in the late eighteenth century and became especially associated with Virginia’s grand plantations. This state was home to many of our founding fathers. Their galas, balls, feasts, and entertainments became famous internationally as well as at home. On whose shoulders did... Read More
Norah MacKendrick, “Better Safe Than Sorry: How Consumers Navigate Exposure to Everyday Toxics” (U California Press, 2018).
Norah MacKendrick
Better Safe Than Sorry
How Consumers Navigate Exposure to Everyday Toxics
University of California Press, 2018

New Books in American StudiesNew Books in Arts & LettersNew Books in Environmental StudiesNew Books in FoodNew Books in Peoples & PlacesNew Books in Politics & SocietyNew Books in Science & TechnologyNew Books in SociologyNew Books Network July 19, 2018 Richard E. Ocejo

Consumers today have a lot of choices. Whether in stores or online, people are inundated by an abundance of options for what to buy. At the same time, the products we consume seem to have more and more ingredients, additives, and chemicals in them that put our health at risk,... Read More
Adrienne Rose Bitar, “Diet and the Disease of Civilization” (Rutgers UP, 2018)
Adrienne Rose Bitar
Diet and the Disease of Civilization

Rutgers University Press, 2018

New Books in American StudiesNew Books in Arts & LettersNew Books in FoodNew Books in HistoryNew Books in Peoples & PlacesNew Books in Politics & SocietyNew Books in Popular CultureNew Books Network July 17, 2018 Rebekah Buchanan

Diet books are a multi-billion dollar industry and in Diet and the Disease of Civilization (Rutgers University Press, 2018), Adrienne Rose Bitar explores the narratives of those books. Bitar looks at the ways in which diet books not only present American’s with dieting advice, but also create cultural narratives about... Read More
Jeff Koelher, “Where the Wild Coffee Grows: The Untold Story of Coffee from the Cloud Forests of Ethiopia to Your Cup” (Bloomsbury, 2017)
Jeff Koelher
Where the Wild Coffee Grows
The Untold Story of Coffee from the Cloud Forests of Ethiopia to Your Cup
Bloomsbury, 2017

New Books in African StudiesNew Books in Arts & LettersNew Books in Environmental StudiesNew Books in FoodNew Books in HistoryNew Books in Peoples & PlacesNew Books in Politics & SocietyNew Books in Science & TechnologyNew Books in World AffairsNew Books Network July 2, 2018 Valerie Saint-Rossy

Is life without coffee possible? Before you answer, first admit that you know almost nothing about the plant that you depend on to deliver you conscious into your day. You will learn from Jeff Koehler’s wide-ranging history Where the Wild Coffee Grows: The Untold Story of Coffee from the Cloud... Read More

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