Significant Food: Critical Readings to Nourish American Literature - Paperbackby Jeff Birkenstein (Author), Robert C. Hauhart (Editor), Ericka Birkenstein (Contribution by) Significant Food is a collaborative work of textual analysis and criticism that chews on the role and prominence of food in American literature. The volume offers close readings of many well known, and some less well known, examples of American writing, as studied through the food culture sensibilities of a well stocked cupboard of contributors who offer