Food Media

by Signe Rousseau

Book Overview

There have been famous chefs for centuries. But it was not until the second half of the twentieth century that the modern celebrity chef business really began to flourish, thanks largely to advances in media such as television which allowed ever-greater numbers of people to tune in.

Food Media charts the growth of this enormous entertainment industry, and also how, under the threat of the obesity "epidemic," some of its stars have taken...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0857850539
• ISBN13: 9780857850539
• Release Date: June 2012
• Publisher: Berg Publishers
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.86 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.1"