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The Food Axis: Cooking, Eating, And The Architecture Of American Houses,New
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Blending Architectural And Social History With The Necessityand The Passionfor Food, This Engaging New Book Attempts To Understand The Development Of The American House By Viewing It Through One Very Specific Lens: The Food Axis. Taking In Far More Than The Kitchen, Author Elizabeth Collins Cromley Explores All Areas Of Food Management Within The Homepreparation, Cooking, Consumption, And Disposal. Her Food Axis Implies A Network Of Related Spaces Above And Below Ground, Both Attached To The House And Separate From It. Studying The Use And Interaction Of These Spaces, And The Ways In Which Their Components Change (Often Radically) Over Time, The Author Shows How These Elements Have Helped Shape The Multiple Forms Of Residential Architecture In The United States, From The First Settlement Period To The Present.Beginning With The Earliestand Relatively Simplehouses, Cromley Traces Changes In Food Spaces Through The Years, Noting A Steady Escalation In The Number Of Foodrelated Rooms. Along The Way, She Considers Multiple Circumstances That Shed Light On This Evolution, Including The Role Of Gender In Determining Foodspace Design, The Relation Of Food Spaces To Nature, And The Telling Ways In Which People And Food Circulate Through Kitchens And Dining Rooms. Because Cromley Is Interested Not Only In How Designed Spaces Look But How They Are Used, She Cites A Wealth Of Primary Sourcesautobiographies, Travel Journals, Household Diaries, Letters, Inventoriesin Her Exploration Of The Habits Surrounding All Aspects Of Food In The Home.In Addition To Designers, Preservationists, And Architectural Historians, This Book Will Interest Curious Cooks As Well As Homedwellers Who Want To Better Understand The Spaces They Inhabit.
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