Full Description
This volume explores our cultural celebration of food, blending lobster festivals, politicians' roadside eats, reality show "chef showdowns," and gravity-defying cakes into a deeper exploration of why people find so much joy in eating.
In 1961, Julia Child introduced the American public to an entirely new, joy-infused approach to cooking and eating food. In doing so, she set in motion a food renaissance that is still in full bloom today. Over the last six decades, food has become an increasingly more diverse, prominent, and joyful point of cultural interest.
The Joy of Eating discusses in detail the current golden age of food in contemporary American popular culture. Entries explore the proliferation of food-themed television shows, documentaries, and networks; the booming popularity of celebrity chefs; unusual, exotic, decadent, creative, and even mundane food trends; and cultural celebrations of food, such as in festivals and music.
The volume provides depth and academic gravity by tying each entry into broader themes and larger contexts (in relation to a food-themed reality show, for example, discussing the show's popularity in direct relation to a significant economic event), providing a brief history behind popular foods and types of cuisines and tracing the evolution of our understanding of diet and nutrition, among other explications.
Contents
Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Chronology
Entries
All-Star Chef Classic
America's Test Kitchen
Art, Food in (Antiquity through the Renaissance)
Art, Food in (Impressionism through Contemporary Art)
Asian American Cuisine
Aspen Food and Wine Classic
Austin Food + Wine Festival
Ayden Collard Festival
Baby Food
Bar Rescue
Barbecue
Batali, Mario
Bayless, Rick
Beard, James
Best Thing I Ever Ate, The
Bizarre Foods with Andrew Zimmern
Bourdain, Anthony
Brown, Alton
Cake and Cupcake Trends
California Avocado Festival
Celebrities and Food
Chang, David
Chef's Table
Child, Julia
Chocolate Events and Destinations
Chopped
Coffee Culture
Cooked
Cooks vs. Cons
Craft Brewing and Microbreweries
Culinary Awards, The Evolution of
Deen, Paula
Deer River Wild Rice Festival
Documentary Films, Food and Beverages in
Eating Competitions
Farmhouse Rules
Fiction, Food in
Fictional Television (1950s-1970s), Food and
Fictional Television (1980s-), Food and
Fieri, Guy
Films, Food in
Flay, Bobby
Florida Strawberry Festival
Food and Beverage Museums, International
Food and Beverage Museums, U.S.
Food Failures
Food Trucks
Galloping Gourmet, The
Garten, Ina
Gilroy Garlic Festival
Great British Bake Off, The
Grilled Cheese Festivals
Hazan, Marcella
Holidays and Food
Ice Cream Trends
Imagery Found in Foods
International Horseradish Festival
Iron Chef
Lagasse, Emeril
Latin American Cuisine
Laurentiis, Giada De
Magazines, Food
Maine Lobster Festival
Maple Syrup Festivals
MasterChef
Mind of a Chef, The
Nonfiction, Food in
Novelty Dining Experiences
Pépin, Jacques
Photography, Food
Pioneer Woman, The
Politicians' Food Gaffes
Politics and Food
Puck, Wolfgang
Radio and Podcasts, Food-Themed (1920s-1970s)
Radio and Podcasts, Food-Themed (1980s-)
Ramsay, Gordon
Ray, Rachael
Roadside Food Attractions
Samuelsson, Marcus
Sherman, Sean
South Beach Wine & Food Festival
Spam Jam Festival
Stewart, Martha
Super Bowl Sunday
Super Size Me
Taste of Chicago
Television, Food Channels on
Top Chef
Tosi, Christina
Trends, Food
Twitty, Michael
Two Fat Ladies
Unusual Food Events, International
Unusual Food Events, U.S. (Midwest, West, and Southwest Regions)
Unusual Food Events, U.S. (Southeast and Northeast Regions)
Unusual Foods
Websites, Food
What the Fluff?
Wine and Spirits
Worst Cooks in America
Bibliography of Recommended Resources
Index
