Global Appetites : American Power and the Literature of Food (Paperback)

1. Introduction: the power of food; 2. Rural modernity: Willa Cather and the rise of agribusiness; 3. 'Luxury feeding' and war rations: food writing at mid-century; 4. Supermarkets and exotic foods: Toni Morrison's 'chocolate eater'; 5. Post-industrial pastoral: Ruth Ozeki and the new muckrakers; 6. Conclusion: food writing in the age of information; Bibliography; Notes; Index.