Iconic dishes, culture and identity: the Christmas pudding and its hundred years’ journey in the USA, Australia, New Zealand and India

Asserting that recipes are textual evidences reflecting the society that produced them, this article explores the evolution of the recipes of the iconic Christmas pudding in the United States, Australia, New Zealand and India between the mid-nineteenth and the mid-twentieth centuries. Combining a micro-analysis of the recipes and the cookbook that provided them with contemporary testimonies, the article observes the dynamics revealed by the preparation and consumption of the pudding in these different societies. The findings demonstrate the relevance of national iconic dishes to the study of notions of home, migration and colonization, as well as the development of a new society and identity. They reveal how the preservation, transformation and even rejection of a traditional dish can be representative of the complex and sometimes conflicting relationships between colonists, migrants or new citizens and the places they live in

Directions for invigorating and prolonging life, or, The invalid's oracle : containing peptic precepts pointing out agreeable and effectual methods to prevent and relieve indigestion and to regulate and strengthen the action of the stomach and bowels /

"The pleasure of making a will": p. [211]-222; "Extracts from the writings of Lewis Cornaro, a nobleman of Venice, on health and long life": p. 223-243."Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1831, by J. & J. Harper ..."--T.p. verso.Includes bibliographical references and index.Mode of access: Internet.Brown cloth binding; spine faded to light brown; covers stamped in blind; gilt spine title.Book stamp: Ralph R. Barker.ACQ: 35669; Janice B. Longone; Gift; 6/21/2001