Much Depends On Dinner

Winning unanimous praise on its publication and now available in paperback from Grove Press, Much Depends on Dinner is a delightful and intelligent history of the food we eat. Presented as a meal, each chapter represents a different course or garnish. Borrowing from Byron's classic poem "Don Juan" for her title ("Since Eve ate apples, much depends on dinner"), writer… Ler mais sobre este item

NY: Grove Press. 2nd pr.. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. In this immensely learned and attractive book, Visser gives a chapter to each of the nine ingredients of a simple dinner: corn with salt and butter, chicken with rice, lettuce with olive oil and lemon juice, ice cream. Each of these foods… Ler mais sobre este item

New York: Grove Press, 1987. Hardcover. Second edition. Second printing. 8vo. Ex-library copy with the usual markings. Small nicks on dustwrapper spine ends.

Grove Press, 1999. Paperback. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Paperback / softback. New.

Grove/Atlantic, February 1988. Hardcover . Very Good/Very Good.

Grove/Atlantic, 1988. Hardcover. Acceptable. Missing dust jacket; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Grove/Atlantic, Incorporated, 1987. Hardcover. Acceptable. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Grove Press. Used - Very Good. 1999. Paperback. Pap. Slight shelf wear. Very Good. (Subject: Cookbooks & Crafts).

Paperback. Very Good.

Margaret Visser, a Canadian writer of "the anthropology of everyday life" constructs a menu of simple, taken-for-granted foods -- corn with salt & butter, chicken with rice, lettuce with olive oil and lemon juice, and ice cream. In Much Depends on Dinner she devotes a chapter to each course, providing fascinating details about these foods. … Ler mais sobre este item

McClelland and Stewart Limited, 1987. Hardcover. Good/Acceptable. 1987. Reprinted. 351 pages. Signed by the author. Pictorial dust jacket over yellow and blue paper covered boards. Flat signed by author to title page. Contains black and white in-text illustrations. Pages are lightly tanned and foxed throughout. Occasional thumb-marking present. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge wear with slight… Ler mais sobre este item

Brand: Grove Pr, 0000-00-00. 1. hardcover. Used: Good.

Grove/Atlantic, Incorporated. Used - Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Grove/Atlantic, Incorporated. Used - Very Good. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects.

Used - Good. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Grove/Atlantic, Incorporated, 1987. Hardcover. Good. Disclaimer:Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Grove/Atlantic, Incorporated, 1987. Hardcover. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Grove/Atlantic, Incorporated. Used - Very Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects.

Grove Press, 1999. Paperback. Very Good. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.