As Long As We Both Shall Eat
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As Long As We Both Shall Eat

A History of Wedding Food and Feasts

  1. 243 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

As Long As We Both Shall Eat

A History of Wedding Food and Feasts

About this book

As Long as we Both Shall Eat is a culinary history of wedding feasts. Examining the various food customs associated with weddings in America and around the world, Claire Stewart not only provides a rich account of the foods most loved and frequently served at wedding celebrations, she also offers a glimpse into the customs and celebrations themselves, as they are experienced in the West and in various other cultures. Shesheds light on the historical and contemporary significance of wedding food, and explores patterns of the varieties of conspicuous consumption linked to American wedding feasts in particular. There are stories of celebrity excess, and the book is peppered with accounts of lavish strange-but-true wedding tales. The antics of wealthy socialites and celebrities is a topic rich for exploration, and the telling of their exploits can be used to track the fads and changes in conventional and contemporary wedding feasts and celebrations. From cocktail hours to wedding cakes, showers to brunches, the food we enjoy to celebrate the joining of life partners helps bring us together, no matter our differences. Readers are treated to a tasty trip down the aisle in this entertaining and lively account of nuptial noshing.

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Table of contents

  1. Contents
  2. Introduction to the Menu
  3. 1 A Brief History of Wedding Feasts
  4. 2 Famous and Infamous Feasts
  5. 3 The Last Hooray
  6. 4 Showers of Food, Showers of Gifts
  7. 5 Table Manners Matter
  8. 6 Chicken or Beef?
  9. 7 Jumping the Broom
  10. 8 What Are You?
  11. 9 Dating and Dining
  12. 10 Champagne Anyone?
  13. 11 Let Them Have Wedding Cake
  14. 12 Do Me a Favor and Get Me Some Rice
  15. 13 Honeymoons and Food
  16. 14 The Business of Love
  17. 15 What’s Cooking Now?
  18. Conclusion
  19. Notes
  20. Selected Bibliography
  21. Index
  22. About the Author