Perfection Salad: Women and Cooking at the Turn of the Century
Books / Paperback
ISBN: 0805002286 / Publisher: Henry Holt & Co (P), September 1987
This social history of the culinary habits of turn-of-the-century women depicts their passion and idealism, as well as their frequently bizarre and misguided ideas
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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.
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