Come Get It McDonaldization and the Disappearance of Local Food from a Central Illinois edition by Robert Dirks Cookbooks Food Wine eBooks
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Tracing the course of the history of cooking and dining in McLean County and the Bloomington-Normal area takes us back 180 years. Early settlers from the Southern states and parts of the Northeast brought with them divergent tastes, but irrespective of their culinary leanings they generally made do with foods they either raised or collected themselves. Later on, newcomers from Ireland and Continental Europe established homes in various parts of the county. As a result, area foodways increased in complexity, and a variety of new food-related industries developed. Residents made beer, candy, ice cream, pickles, sausages, soda water, and vinegar. They manufactured stoves and refrigerators, milled flour, baked various types of bread, packed pork, and canned tomatoes. Bloomington companies distributed produce and groceries throughout Central Illinois. Still, many families beyond the city limits produced and processed nearly everything they ate and only occasionally visited a grocery store. By the end of the second millennium it was hard to find locally produced food in McLean County, let alone people with many food-related skills. The area's telephone directories listed no cheese shops or fishmongers. Skilled butchers and bread bakers barely existed. A couple of artisanal confectioners still had shops in Bloomington, but you could forget it if you wanted to buy milk
Come Get It McDonaldization and the Disappearance of Local Food from a Central Illinois edition by Robert Dirks Cookbooks Food Wine eBooks
While this well-written and splendidly researched book focuses on the region around Bloomington, IL, it offers insight into how life in America has changed in the last 150 years -- from everyone creating everything they needed themselves up through the introduction of an increasing amount of diversity and increasing number of conveniences and on to the world of today, where almost no one could survive on their own and every town has a McDonald's. (And no, this doesn't disparage McDonald's -- but it does explain how changing views of the world led to the widespread acceptance of, and even demand for, greater standardization.)A fascinating read for anyone who wants insight into how dramatically the world has changed and why, particularly in regard to food, but also in regard to culture and self-sufficiency. I definitely recommend it.
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Come Get It McDonaldization and the Disappearance of Local Food from a Central Illinois edition by Robert Dirks Cookbooks Food Wine eBooks Reviews
Another good volume of interest to people living in or having lived in Central Illinois. Interesting pictures and stories about dining habits in this area.
While this well-written and splendidly researched book focuses on the region around Bloomington, IL, it offers insight into how life in America has changed in the last 150 years -- from everyone creating everything they needed themselves up through the introduction of an increasing amount of diversity and increasing number of conveniences and on to the world of today, where almost no one could survive on their own and every town has a McDonald's. (And no, this doesn't disparage McDonald's -- but it does explain how changing views of the world led to the widespread acceptance of, and even demand for, greater standardization.)
A fascinating read for anyone who wants insight into how dramatically the world has changed and why, particularly in regard to food, but also in regard to culture and self-sufficiency. I definitely recommend it.
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