Search -
Hungering for America : Italian, Irish, and Jewish Foodways in the Age of Migration
Hungering for America Italian Irish and Jewish Foodways in the Age of Migration Author:Hasia R. Diner Hungering for America tells the stories of three distinctive groups and their unique culinary dramas. Italian immigrants transformed the food of their upper classes and of sacred days into a generic "Italian" food that inspired community pride and cohesion. Irish immigrants, in contrast, loath to mimic the foodways of the ... more »Protestant British elite, diminished food as a marker of ethnicity. And, East European Jews, who venerated food as the vital center around which family and religious practice gathered, found that dietary restrictions jarred with America's boundless choices.« less