From Kai to Kiwi Kitchen - New Zealand Culinary Traditions & Cookbooks (Paperback)

In the past two decades, cuisine and culinary history have attracted increasing attention. Recipes are both sensitive markers of the socio-economic conditions of their times and written representations of a culture's culinary repertoire. Yet, despite the vast number of cookbooks that survive, they have not been the primary focus of research projects. Acknowledgement of their potential contribution to our understanding of culinary history has been slow. From Kai to Kiwi Kitchen is a first in its field. This book opens with the three lectures presented by Helen Leach at Canterbury University in 2008, and also broadcast on New Zealand's National Radio. The second part of the book is comprised of essays by a number of contributors from a major research project that looked at Kiwi cookbooks, supported by the Marsden Fund. The essays explore several themes in New Zealand's food history, including the adaptation of British and Maori culinary traditions in the 19th century and the fate of the Maori tradition in the 20th century, external influences on New Zealand cookery (previously thought to be predominantly British until after World War II), the transmission of cookery knowledge between and within generations, the impact of changing technology on cooking methods and recipes, nutritional advice in community cookbooks, and the transition from modernism to post-modernism, as seen in the cookbooks of Aunty Daisy and Lois Daish. This book will entertain anyone interested in food, New Zealand history, or domestic culture. "Leach provides invaluable insights into Maori food history....and provides the best commentary to date on the development of the diet and cuisine of New Zealand." Gastronomica, Fall 2012

General

Imprint:	Otago University Press
Country of origin:	New Zealand
Release date:	November 2010
First published:	November 2010
Authors:	Helen Leach
Dimensions:	228 x 152 x 20mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	208
ISBN-13:	978-1-877372-75-9
Categories:	Books > Health, Home & Family > Cookery / food & drink etc > National & regional cuisine Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > Cultural studies > General Books > Food & Drink > National & regional cuisine
LSN:	1-877372-75-7
Barcode:	9781877372759

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