Eating in Eden: Food and American Utopias

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Index 279 Abbott, Ruth, 208 abundance: in Amana Society, 158; United States as symbol, 4–7, 24, 75, 84–85 affect: creation, 260–61; sensorial utopia, 271–72; smell, 262–63; taste, 261–62; touch, 264–69 agrarian ideal: in Amana Society, 21, 145–46, 151; of health, 228; history of, 6, 16, 229 ahimsa, 242–43 alcohol: in Amana Society, 146, 152, 155; in Anza expedition, 58–63; Cheyne on, 191; in Oneida Community , 129, 130, 132, 141n27; and Shakers, 13, 110; at spreads, 208 Alcott, William, 128 Alford, Jeffrey, 264, 267 Allen, Mildred, 209 Amana Barn Restaurant, 153 Amana Church Society, 150 Amana Colonies, 152, 159 Amana Heritage Society, 155 Amana Society: and culinary tourism , 152–55; and food production, 145–47, 155–56; history of, 143–44; ideals of, 21; mealtimes in, 147–49, 150–51, 156–57; shift to capitalism in, 144, 149–52, 157–60; woolen mills of, 155 American Cookery (Beard), 179 American Pastoral (Roth), 78; assimilation in, 84–87 American Revolution, 187 Andelson, Jonathan G., 21 Anderson, Benedict: Imagined Communities , 9 Anderson, Martha J., 120 Antin, Mary, 75, 81 Antioch University, 250–51 Anza, Juan Baptista de: and alcohol , 58–63; Font’s criticisms of, 19, 57–58, 71; at Monterey, 69; overview of expeditions of, 55–56; and provisions, 58–59; at Santa Rosa Mountains, 67–68 Appadurai, Arjun, 93 Appetite for Change (Belasco), 224 Ark of Taste, 2 assimilation: of Indian Americans, 20; of Jewish Americans, 76–87 Atlanta Union Mission, 99 bakeries, Amana, 151, 152, 154 Baking with Julia, 258, 259, 263, 264, 267 Barlow, Joel, 202n33 Barnstable, 46, 47 Barrett, Helen, 205 Barthes, Roland: Empire of Signs, 14 Batchelor, Stephen, 241 Beanery, 221, 233 280 Index “The Beanery Paper,” 231, 233 Beard, James: American Cookery, 179 Beaven, Betsy, 169 Belasco, Warren, 180; Appetite for Change, 224 Bell, David, 15 Bellah, Robert, 241 Betty Wales Freshman, 215 bhumi-puja, 101–2 Biale, David, 82, 83 Bible, 244, 246–48 Bible Communism, 125, 126, 127 Bishop, Mabel Lovett, 212 Blanchard, Carrie, 212 Bloodroot Collective, 163, 165, 166, 169–71, 180, 182n21; The Political Palate, 163, 169, 170; The Second Political Palate, 169, 170 B’nai Or Religious Fellowship, 254n1 bodily knowledge, 260, 264–66 Bok, Edward, 216 Bolton, Herbert, 56, 63–64 Bourdieu, Pierre, 12–13, 38, 227, 236n5, 269 Bownde, Nicholas, 41, 43–44; Holy Exercise of Fasting, 39 Boyer, Paul S., 11 Bradford, William, 5, 45–46, 50; History of Plimouth Plantation, 54 brahmins, 96, 98 bread, white, 225 bread baking, 167–68, 173, 176, 179 Brewer, Priscilla, 22 Brick Haus Restaurant, 153 Brown, Clara, 212 Brown, Edward Espe, 163–66, 171– 74, 180; Tassajara Cooking, 163, 171–74, 180; The Greens Cookbook, 173; The Tassajara Bread Book, 171–174, 180; Tomato Blessing and Radish Teachings, 174 Bryant, Edith, 213 Bryant, Hannah, 115 Bucareli (viceroy of New Spain), 55–56 Buddhism: attitude toward cooking and eating, 164, 165, 171–74; and vegetarianism, 239–54; Western, 239–40, 249–51, 254n1, 256n24 Bullen, John, 188 Cabet, Ètienne: Voyage to Icaria, 8 California, 68–69, 71, 173–74 Californios, 55 canned goods, 224 Canterbury village, 115 capitalism: and Amana Society, 144, 149–52, 157–60; reaction against, 225–26, 229–32, 234–35; and religion , 241–42. See also socioeconomic status Capron, Clara, 205 Carr, Charles Everett, 212 Carson, Rachel: Silent Spring, 225 caste distinctions, 91, 96–98 Cedar Riverside People’s Cooperative Center, 224 Certeau, Michel de, 262 chafing dishes, 204, 208, 209 challah, 176 Chandler, Stuart, 249 cheese, 178, 195 cheeseburgers, 77 Cheyne, George, 189–92 Child, Julia: and affect of scent, 263; and affect of touch, 264–67; Mas- Index 281 tering the Art of French Cooking, 31n57, 179; objective of, 260; television show, 258 Chinese Buddhists, 250, 252 Chmielewski, Wendy, 21 chocolate, 58–59 Chumash women, 69 Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 10–11, 29n36 chyle, 190, 201n9 Clarke, Edward H.: Sex in Education , 204 Classen, Constance, 262 Cobbett, William, 6 coffee, 118, 130, 132, 141n27, 147 Cole, Arthur, 210 Cole, Charles. See Jole, Nasifer Colony Inn, 153 Colony Market Place, 153 commensality: and Amana Society, 149, 157–58; function of, 15–16; and Puritans, 38–39, 43–44, 47–50 communities: cooking, 115; definition of, 9; dynamics of Hindu, 91, 101–3; food distribution system in, 192; foodways of, 3–4, 7–8, 12–18, 23–24; Hindu feeding...