Lisa HaushoferNov 19, 2022
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
Show threadYorgles
@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!
Nov 19, 2022 at 8:36amWeb
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!