false 212801 1 <div><div>The extremes of American eating&#8212;our separate-but-equal urges to stuff and to starve ourselves&#8212;are easy to blame on the excesses of modern living. But Frederick Kaufman followed the winding road of the American intestine back to that cold morning when the first famished Pilgrim clambered off the Mayflower, and he discovered the alarming truth: We&#8217;ve been this way all along. With outraged wit and an incredible range of sources that includes everything from Cotton Mather&#8217;s diary to interviews with Amish black-market raw-milk dealers, Kaufman offers a highly selective, take-no-prisoners tour of American history by way of the American stomach. Travel with him as he tracks down our earliest foodies; discovers the secret history of Puritan purges; introduces diet gurus of the nineteenth century, such as William Alcott, who believed that "nothing ought to be mashed before it is eaten"; traces extreme feeders from Paul Bunyan to eating-contest champ Dale Boone (descended from Daniel, of course); and investigates our blithe efforts to re-create plants and animals that we&#8217;ve eaten to the point of extinction. <br><br></div></div> 205996 4 2 2007 A Short History of the American Stomach total:38|5:3|4:7|3:14|2:9|1:5| 38 108 105 16 2 0 false false Mon May 18 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat May 16 05:49:39 -0700 2009 Mon May 18 16:28:21 -0700 2009 more...]]> 1 0 false false Tue Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 29 16:13:45 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 01 19:43:40 -0700 2009 more...]]> 1 0 false false Tue Aug 04 09:23:12 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 04 09:34:23 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 1 false false Tue Apr 08 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Mar 18 19:34:47 -0700 2008 Tue Apr 08 10:31:35 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Sep 16 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 29 15:51:01 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 16 19:14:28 -0700 2009 ...more...]]> 0 0 false false Sat Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed Apr 02 10:11:00 -0700 2008 Wed Apr 02 10:16:10 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Oct 29 09:06:06 -0700 2008 Tue Oct 07 16:29:47 -0700 2008 Wed Oct 29 09:06:06 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sat May 31 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Feb 20 18:12:51 -0800 2009 Fri Feb 20 18:13:55 -0800 2009 1 3 0 false false Sun Sep 14 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Sep 10 09:26:36 -0700 2008 Mon Sep 15 08:54:24 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Jul 09 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Jul 09 07:02:49 -0700 2008 Wed Jul 09 07:12:59 -0700 2008 Ch...more...]]> 2 0 false false Fri Jun 19 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun May 17 11:14:49 -0700 2009 Fri Jun 19 21:06:11 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Fri Feb 08 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Feb 03 07:28:08 -0800 2008 Sun Feb 10 19:17:51 -0800 2008 2 0 false false Mon Apr 21 15:14:44 -0700 2008 Mon Apr 21 15:18:40 -0700 2008 4 0 false false Tue Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Jun 05 15:20:57 -0700 2008 Mon Jul 07 07:16:59 -0700 2008 3 0 false false Sun Jul 26 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Feb 10 19:23:04 -0800 2008 Sun Jul 26 15:49:33 -0700 2009 1 0 false false Thu Jan 31 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Fri Feb 01 06:00:58 -0800 2008 Fri Feb 01 06:01:19 -0800 2008 http://bookaweekwithjen.blogspot.com/200...]]> 0 0 false false Mon Nov 02 10:25:04 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 02 10:25:04 -0800 2009 2 0 false false Sat Oct 31 20:34:50 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 31 20:34:50 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Mon Oct 05 12:40:38 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 05 12:40:38 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sat Oct 03 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 03 10:58:05 -0700 2009 Thu Nov 19 10:30:51 -0800 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=212801