Perfection Salad Women and Cooking at the Turn of the Century

Name: Perfection Salad Women and Cooking at the Turn of the Century
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ISBN: 9780374230753

ISBN-10: 0374230757

ISBN-13: 9780374230753

Edition: N/A

Authors: Laura Shapiro

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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 magazine's popular column Roadfood and the book Eat Your Way Across the U.S.A.

Book details

List price: $16.95
Publisher: Farrar, Straus & Giroux
Publication date: 3/1/1986
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 288
Size: 5.76" wide x 8.50" long x 1.03" tall
Weight: 0.990
Language: English



Introduction to the Modern Library Food Series



Introduction



Prologue: Toasted Marshmallows Stuffed with Raisins



Drudgery Divine



And the Kitchen Becomes the Workshop of the Skies



Better Ways, Lighter Burdens, More Wholesome Results



Perfection Salad



The Mother of Level Measurements



Whoever Knew a Dyspeptic to Be a Christian?



Foes in Our Own Household



An Absolutely New Product


Conclusion: A Leaf or Two of Lettuce


Acknowledgments


Notes


Bibliography


Index