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Sandwich: a global history

By Wilson , Bee

Book information

Publisher
Reaktion Books
Year
2010
ISBN
9781861898913, 1861898916
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
8 MB (8071843 bytes)
Series
Edible
Pages
148 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color\0
Time added
2020-07-26 19:24:52
COOKING--General;Sandwiches--History;Sandwiches;Hi

Description

The humble peanut butter and jelly or bologna and cheese or corned beef on rye--no matter your cooking expertise, chances are you've made and eaten countless sandwiches in your lifetime. It's quick, it's simple, and it's open to infinite variety and inventiveness. If there's something bread- or bun-like in your cupboard, there is a sandwich waiting to happen. Though sandwiches are a near-universal food, their origin can be traced to a very precise historical figure: John Montagu, the Fourth Earl of Sandwich, who, sometime before 1762 being too busy to stop for dinner, asked for some cold beef to.;Introduction -- The history of the sandwich: the fourth Earl and what came before -- Constructing the sandwich -- Who eats sandwiches? -- The American sandwich -- The global sandwich.

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