Food in the air and space : the surprising history of food and drink in the skies

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ISBN: 1442272392
ISBN: 9781442272392
Physical Description: xiii, 231 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 23 cm.
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Edition: First paperback edition.
Publisher: Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, 2016.

General Note:	Originally published in hardback in 2015.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-224) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Introduction : the first toast -- The forerunners : lessons from the balloon era -- Luxury in the skies : the Zeppelin era -- The early days of the airplane age (1920-1930) -- The technology of heat in flight before 1940 -- From 1930 to the Second World War : flying boats -- Land-based craft from 1930 to the outbreak of war -- A window into the design process -- World War II and the postwar bonanza (1941-1950) -- Physiology of taste in flight -- Competition, regulation, and the dawn of the jet age (1950-1958) -- Airline food in popular culture -- Jet age mass transit and luxury competition (1958-1966) -- Technology of heat in flight, part two -- Jumbo jets, excess, and cultural expression (1966-1975) -- The elusive history of special meals -- Years of chaos and change (1975-1985) -- Designing the flying meal -- The decline and fall of inflight dining (1985-present) -- Tubes and cubes : food in space (1961-1965) -- Commercialization of space food on earth -- Apollo, Soyuz, and variety in space (1966-1994) -- The difficulties of cooking in space -- Shuttles, the ISS, and taikonauts (1981-present) -- Recipes -- Appendix : unsolved questions.