Swindled : the dark history of food fraud, from poisoned candy to counterfeit coffee /

From the Publisher: Bad food has a history. Swindled tells it. Through a fascinating mixture of cultural and scientific history, food politics, and culinary detective work, Bee Wilson uncovers the many ways swindlers have cheapened, falsified, and even poisoned our food throughout history. In the ha...

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Bibliografski detalji
Glavni autor: Wilson, Bee (Autor)
Format: Licensed eBooks
Jezik:engleski
Izdano: Princeton : Princeton University Press [2008]
Online pristup:https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/j.ctv10h9d77
Sadržaj:
  • German ham and English pickles
  • Jug of wine, a loaf of bread
  • Government mustard
  • Pink margarine and pure ketchup
  • Mock goslings and pear-nanas
  • Basmati rice and baby milk
  • Epilogue: Adulteration in the twenty-first century.