Perfection Salad, 24: Women and Cooking at the Turn of the Century

by Shapiro, Laura
ISBN: 9780520257382
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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.
  • Format: TradePaperback
  • Author: Shapiro, Laura
  • ISBN: 9780520257382
  • Condition: Used
  • Dimensions: 8.32 x 0.70
  • Number Of Pages: 296
  • Publication Year: 2008