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First Helpings

Name: First Helpings
Brand: Reaktion Books
Price: 44.75 AUD
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A History of Children and Food

By: Amy Palmer, Deborah Albon

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Hardcover | 1 April 2026

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Hardcover

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21.6 x 13.8

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What should children eat and why? How should they eat it and what should they learn about food? Answers to questions like these have differed over time. First Helpings explores the relationship between children and food in history, drawing on a rich variety of social records, cookery and etiquette books and children's literature. Topics covered include breast versus bottle feeding, the difference between 'adult' and 'children's' food and drink, table manners, school meals and learning to cook. Albon and Palmer discuss wider social issues, such as teaching children about the ethics of food choices, the role children have played in food production and the ever-present scandal of hungry children in society. First Helpings provides a unique look at childhood and eating that relates past to present and considers ways forward.

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