Perfection Salad : Women and Cooking at the Turn of the Century Paperback / softback
by Laura Shapiro
Part of the California Studies in Food and Culture series
Paperback / softback
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Toasted marshmallows stuffed with raisins? Green-and-white luncheons? Chemistry in the kitchen? This entertaining and erudite social history now in its fourth paperback edition tells the remarkable story of America's transformation from a nation of honest appetites into an obedient market for instant mashed potatoes.
In "Perfection Salad", Laura Shapiro investigates a band of passionate but ladylike reformers at the turn of the twentieth century - including Fannie Farmer of the Boston Cooking School - who were determined to modernize the American diet through a 'scientific' approach to cooking.
Shapiro's fascinating tale shows why we think the way we do about food today.
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:296 pages, 12 b-w photographs
- Publisher:University of California Press
- Publication Date:02/10/2008
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- ISBN:9780520257382
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:296 pages, 12 b-w photographs
- Publisher:University of California Press
- Publication Date:02/10/2008
- Category:
- ISBN:9780520257382
