Download or read book A Short History of the American Stomach written by Frederick Kaufman and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2009 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Traces the history of food and the ethics of eating in America from the Puritans to the present day, discussing such topics as colonial epicures, diet gurus of the nineteenth century, and the current production of bio-engineered foods.