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A veritable scoff : sources on foodways and nutrition in Newfoundland and Labrador / Maura Hanrahan, Marg Ewtushik.

Title
A veritable scoff : sources on foodways and nutrition in Newfoundland and Labrador / Maura Hanrahan, Marg Ewtushik.
Author
Hanrahan, Maura, 1963-
Publication
St. John's, Nfld. : Flanker Press, 2001.

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Additional Authors
Ewtushik, Marg
Description
110 p.; 22 cm.
Summary
  • "A Veritable Scoff presents summaries of 170 writings on Newfoundland and Labrador foodways and nutrition for the past several centuries. Is the popularity of boiled dinner - salt beef or pork with root crops - on the wane? Why do the Innu of Davis Inlet call Social Services "the food boss"? How prevalent was beriberi in pre-Confederation Newfoundland? What are dieticians and food scientists in the province concerned about now? The only book of its kind in Canada, this bibliography answers these questions and asks others that are equally compelling."--Pub. desc
  • "Maura Hanrahan and Marg Ewtushik have done the people of Newfoundland and Labrador a great service by identifying and summarizing the significant literature on this province's foods and foodways, and the pivotal roles these play in our cultures and our health. From their analysis of Vaughan's Newlanders Cure (1630) to the latest medical study, this superb book has it. It is a must-read for anyone interested in the connection between food and their own health and well-being. It is the real 'I ams, ' the best thing since Cabot discovered the codfish."--Review, John FitzGerald, Newfoundland Historian
  • "A Veritable Scoff is a very useful collection, not only for researchers working on food history in Newfoundland and Labrador, but also for those interested in food security, impacts of dietary change, and local food traditions in North America. Offering glimpses into the adaptability and inventiveness of the foodways of the region, this book is an essential reference guide for university libraries, public health officials, nutritionists, and dieticians."--Review, Mustafa Koc, Centre for Studies in Food Security, Ryerson University, Toronto
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Genre/Form
Bibliographies
Note
  • Includes index.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
ISBN
1894463218
LCCN
^^2002483196
OCLC
  • 48533749
  • SCSB-11722124
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library