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Kosher USA : How Coke Became Kosher and Other Tales of Modern Food.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Arts and Traditions of the Table: Perspectives on Culinary History SeriesPublisher: New York : Columbia University Press, 2016Copyright date: ©2015Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (317 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780231540933
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Kosher USADDC classification:
  • 296.7
LOC classification:
  • BM710 -- .H675 2016eb
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Table of Contents -- Prologue: Uncle Stu's Question -- 1. My Family's Sturgeon -- 2. Kosher Coke, Kosher Science -- 3. The Great Jell-O Controversy -- 4. Who Says It's Kosher? -- 5. Industrial Kashrus -- 6. Man-O-Manischewitz -- 7. Harry Kassel's Meat -- 8. Shechita -- Conclusion: Kosher Ethics/Ethical Kosher? -- Epilogue: Remembering, Discovering, Thanking -- Notes -- Index.
Summary: Roger Horowitz follows the fascinating journey of kosher food through the modern industrial food system. From the Atlanta rabbi who made Coke kosher to the success of Manischewitz wine with non-Jewish consumers, Kosher USA adds a significant chapter to the history of modern Jewish American life as well as American foodways.
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Intro -- Table of Contents -- Prologue: Uncle Stu's Question -- 1. My Family's Sturgeon -- 2. Kosher Coke, Kosher Science -- 3. The Great Jell-O Controversy -- 4. Who Says It's Kosher? -- 5. Industrial Kashrus -- 6. Man-O-Manischewitz -- 7. Harry Kassel's Meat -- 8. Shechita -- Conclusion: Kosher Ethics/Ethical Kosher? -- Epilogue: Remembering, Discovering, Thanking -- Notes -- Index.

Roger Horowitz follows the fascinating journey of kosher food through the modern industrial food system. From the Atlanta rabbi who made Coke kosher to the success of Manischewitz wine with non-Jewish consumers, Kosher USA adds a significant chapter to the history of modern Jewish American life as well as American foodways.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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