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

English

Series: Food Ser.

ISBN: 0375756655

EAN: 9780375756658

Category: Medical / Nutrition/Cooking / History/House & Home / General/Cooking / Methods / General/

Publisher: Random House Publishing Group

Release Date: 02/01/2001

Synopsis: Perfection Salad presents an entertaining and erudite social history of women and cooking at the turn of the twentieth century. With sly humor and lucid insight, Laura Shapiro uncovers our ancestors widespread obsession with food, and in doing so, tells us why we think as we do about food today. This edition includes a new Introduction by Michael Stern, who, with Jane Stern, is the author of Gourmet magazines popular columnRoadfoodand the bookEat Your Way Across the U.S.A.

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

Illustrated: Yes

Format: Paperback

Height: 0.61 inches

Width: 5.13 inches

Length: 8.0 inches

Weight: 8.57 oz

Pages: 304