Carole M Counihan: 2 books
A Tortilla Is Like Life
Food and Culture in the San Luis Valley of Colorado
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2010
Located in the southern San Luis Valley of Colorado, the remote and relatively unknown town of Antonito is home to an overwhelmingly Hispanic population struggling not only to exist in an economically depressed and politically marginalized area, but also to preserve their culture and their lifeways....
Around the Tuscan Table
Food, Family, and Gender in Twentieth Century Florence
Language: English
Release Date: May 9, 2004
In this delicious book, noted food scholar Carole M. Counihan presents a compelling and artfully told narrative about family and food in late 20th-century Florence. Based on solid research, Counihan examines how family, and especially gender have changed in Florence since the end of World War II to...