"First published by the Ecco Press in 1981"--T.p. verso.

Independence refused -- The seafarers -- The not-so-poor Indian -- Indian farming -- Indian cooking -- Behold, the white man cometh -- A land of plenty -- New World, new foods -- Game -- The food of the Colonies -- The American Revolution -- Between two wars -- As others see us -- The dangers of eating -- What do the cookbooks say? -- Refrigeration -- Transportation -- The birth of food processing -- Harbingers of health -- Westward the course of empire -- Lands of fable -- War and food -- Beef and buffalo -- Toward the Machine Age -- The United States fills us -- The tepid melting pot -- American restaurants -- Drinking in America -- The great American sweet tooth -- Where we are now -- Where do we go from here?