Perfection Salad Women and Cooking at the Turn of the Century |
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| Author:
| Shapiro, Laura |
| Series title: | California Studies in Food and Culture Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-520-25738-2 |
| Publication Date: | Oct 2008 |
| Publisher: | University of California Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $29.95 |
Book Description:
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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...
More DescriptionToasted 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.