Lisa Haushofer
Look, I know this platform is not the place for self-promotion, but the beloved hellsite is surely only hanging on by a thread, and it's my birthday today 🥳, so I'd love it if you could show my book (coming out next month) some love... Here's an excerpt that the press have kindly made available (click the link for full excerpt) https://content.ucpress.edu/title/9780520390393/9780520390393_wonderfood.pdf
Thank you kindly #histodons #histstm @histstm
Nov 19, 2022 at 7:51amWeb
Show threadLisa HaushoferNov 19, 2022
Btw this is the book:
https://www.ucpress.edu/book/9780520390393/wonder-foods
Wonder Foods

Between 1850 and 1950, experts and entrepreneurs in Britain and the United States forged new connections between the nutrition sciences and the commercial realm through their enthusiasm for new edible consumables. The resulting food products promised wondrous solutions for what seemed to be both individual and social ills.

University of California Press
Show threadPietroGhezzi Nov 19, 2022
@haushoferl seems interesting, does it also deal with the current beliefs is super healthy foods like kale, olive oil, berries etc (I have a scientific interest in health myths…)
Show threadLisa HaushoferNov 19, 2022
@PietroGhezzi yes, it's the prehistory of that, precisely!
Show threadDavid PizzoNov 19, 2022
@haushoferl @histstm Happy birthday! 🎁🎂🎈
Show threadLisa HaushoferNov 19, 2022
@pizzohistorian thank you!!
Show threadDavid PizzoNov 19, 2022
@haushoferl 👍
Show threadRidiculous GingerNov 19, 2022
@histstm @haushoferl happy birthday!!
Show threadLisa HaushoferNov 19, 2022
@crazygingerlady thank you!!
Show threadYorglesNov 19, 2022
@haushoferl @histstm "Focussed Flesh" is both a brilliant piece of marketing and absolute nightmare fuel. I wonder if Harry Harrison of Soylent Green fame knew this history!
Show threadYorglesNov 19, 2022
@haushoferl @histstm also kind of interesting to see the parallels to #alchemy and magical theory in this story! Lots to unpack. Have a link to the full book?
Show threadLisa HaushoferNov 19, 2022

@thefinalyorgles you’re so right, that was partly what attracted me to this topic! And since you so kindly asked, here’s a link to the book, it’s not out yet, but coming soon!

https://www.ucpress.edu/book/9780520390393/wonder-foods

Wonder Foods

Between 1850 and 1950, experts and entrepreneurs in Britain and the United States forged new connections between the nutrition sciences and the commercial realm through their enthusiasm for new edible consumables. The resulting food products promised wondrous solutions for what seemed to be both individual and social ills.

University of California Press
Show threadLisa HaushoferNov 19, 2022
@thefinalyorgles Aaah thanks so much! I was so thrilled when I found that quote. Our historical sources are often so much more interesting than anything we could make up in our imagination!
Show threadMelissa WooNov 19, 2022
@haushoferl @histstm Happy birthday and congratulations on your book! I boosted your post.
Show threadLisa HaushoferNov 19, 2022
@mzyw thank you you kind soul!
Show threadVictor SeowNov 20, 2022
@haushoferl @histstm Happy birthday, Lisa! 🥳 And the beginning of this excerpt is giving me some "Crying of Lot 49" vibes, which is to say that I cannot wait to read your book! Warmest congrats!
Show threadLisa HaushoferNov 20, 2022
@seow oh wow, thank you so much Victor, that's so kind of you!
Show threadJeffNov 22, 2022
@haushoferl @histstm If anyone tells you that this site isn't for X, tell 'em go to hell - they can block you if they don't like it.