{"product_id":"ingredients-of-change-9781501762581","title":"Ingredients of Change","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eIngredients of Change\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e explores modern Bulgaria''s foodways from the Ottoman era to the present, outlining how Bulgarians domesticated and adapted diverse local, regional, and global foods and techniques, and how the nation''s culinary topography has been continually reshaped by the imperial legacies of the Ottomans, Habsburgs, Russians, and Soviets, as well as by the ingenuity of its own people.\u003c\/b\u003e Changes in Bulgarian cooking and cuisine, Mary C. Neuburger shows, were driven less by nationalism than by the circulation of powerful food narrativesscientific, religious, and ethicalalong with peoples, goods, technologies, and politics. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eIngredients of Change\u003c\/i\u003e tells this complex story through thematic chapters focused on bread, meat, milk and yogurt, wine, and the foundational vegetables of Bulgarian cuisinetomatoes and peppers. Neuburger traces the ways in which these ingredients were introduced and transformed in the Bulgarian diet over time, often in the\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e 1. By Bread Alone? Hunger, Abundance, and the Politics of Grain\u003cbr\u003e 2. Vegetarian Visions and Meatopias: Morality, Pleasure, and the Power of Protein\u003cbr\u003e 3. Sour Milk: Long Life, the Future, and the Gut\u003cbr\u003e 4. \"Ripe\" Communism: An Ode to the Bulgarian Tomato and Pepper\u003cbr\u003e 5. Wine and Dine: Reds, Whites, and the Pursuit of Bacchus\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cornell University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49409358201175,"sku":"9781501762581","price":22.79,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781501762581.jpg?v=1730506540","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/ingredients-of-change-9781501762581","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}