Brunch: A History by Farha Ternikar

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  • ISBN 10 144222942X
  • ISBN 13 9781442229426
  • Published Jul 16 2014
  • Format Hardcover
  • Page Count 150
  • Language English
  • Countries United States
  • Publisher Rowman & Littlefield

Publishers Text

When Americans think of brunch, they typically think of Sunday mornings swelling into early afternoons, mimosas and bloody marys, eggs Benedict and coffee cake, bacon and bagels, and many other foods, fare, family, and friends. This book presents a modern history of brunch as a meal, but also as a cultural experience. Relying on diverse sources from historic cookbooks to twitter and television, Brunch: A History is a global and social history of the meal including brunch in the United States, Western Europe, South Asia and the Middle-east. Brunch takes us on a tour around the world of a modern meal. While brunch as a meal may have taken on new and different meanings in recent times, the history behind its development and progress into the modern age is both lively and fraught with gendered and class-based influences and tensions. Here, Farha Ternikar explores this history, providing readers with a textured and enlightening glimpse into the dining rooms and verandas and kitchens where brunches are prepared, served, and enjoyed. She explores the various fare common to brunch in different cultures, different practices and presentations of brunch, and a glimpse into the ways we currently enjoy brunch today.