This extraordinary collection, a trove of enchanting designs,
appealing colors, and forgotten motifs that stir the imagination,
features an unprecedented assortment of ephemera, or paper
collectibles, related to food. It includes images of postcards,
match covers, menus, labels, posters, brochures, valentines,
packaging, advertisements, and other materials from nineteenth- and
twentieth-century America. Internationally acclaimed food historian
William Woys Weaver takes us on a lively tour through this dazzling
collection in which each piece tells a new story about food and the
past. Packed with fascinating history, the volume is the first
serious attempt to organize culinary ephemera into categories,
making it useful for food lovers, collectors, designers, and
curators alike. Much more than a catalog, "Culinary Ephemera
"follows this paper trail to broader themes in American social
history such as diet and health, alcoholic beverages, and Americans
abroad. It is a collection that, as Weaver notes, will "transport
us into the vicarious worlds of dinners past, brushing elbows with
the reality of another time, another place, another human
condition."
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