Snack

Eurie Dahn's Snack examines the rise and meanings of snacking in the United States through close looks at specific snacks and personal memory.

Blending cultural history with autobiographical reflection, the book traces packaging, marketing, and childhood practices that made snacks ubiquitous.

Dahn situates snacks within larger discussions of race, ethnicity, and class while considering diet culture and parenting anxieties.

She explores products such as Flamin' Hot Cheetos and Choco Pies to show how flavors and marketing cultivate desire and identity.

The book invites readers to reconsider snacks as culturally constructed, emotionally charged objects rather than trivial morsels.