Bibliograph

Tastes like chicken, a history of America's favorite bird, Emelyn Rude

Type

Label

Tastes like chicken, a history of America's favorite bird, Emelyn Rude

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Tastes like chicken

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

965351051

Responsibility statement

Emelyn Rude

Sub title

a history of America's favorite bird

Summary

"Emelyn Rude details the ascendancy of chicken from its domestication nearly ten thousand years ago to its current status as our go-to meat"--, Provided by publisher

Table Of Contents

The early bird -- A healing broth -- The general chicken merchants -- Of chicken and champagne -- The poor man's chicken -- America's egg basket -- Calories and constituents -- The kosher chicken wars -- Celia Steele's modest endeavor -- They saw in hens a way -- A chicken for every grill -- A nugget worth more than gold -- The tale of the Colonel and the General -- The modern chicken

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