Something from the Oven: Reinventing Dinner in 1950s America Paperback - 2005
by Shapiro, Laura
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In this delightfully surprising history, Shapiro--author of the classic "Perfection Salad"--recounts the prepackaged dreams that bombarded American kitchens during the 50s.
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- Title Something from the Oven: Reinventing Dinner in 1950s America
- Author Shapiro, Laura
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Reprint
- Condition Used - Good
- Pages 306
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Penguin Books, E Rutherford, New Jersey, U.S.A.
- Date 2005-03-28
- Features Bibliography, Index, Table of Contents
- Bookseller's Inventory # NI-05092023-KAW051
- ISBN 9780143034919 / 014303491X
- Weight 0.6 lbs (0.27 kg)
- Dimensions 7.6 x 5.1 x 1.2 in (19.30 x 12.95 x 3.05 cm)
- Ages 18 to UP years
- Grade levels 13 - UP
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Themes
- Chronological Period: 1950's
- Chronological Period: 20th Century
- Sex & Gender: Feminine
- Topical: Family
- Library of Congress subjects Nineteen fifties, Cooking, American - History - 20th century
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2003057152
- Dewey Decimal Code 641.508
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Summary
In this captivating blend of culinary history and popular culture, the award-winning author of Perfection Salad shows us what happened when the food industry elbowed its way into the kitchen after World War II, brandishing canned hamburgers, frozen baked beans, and instant piecrusts. Big Business waged an all-out campaign to win the allegiance of American housewives, but most women were suspicious of the new foods—and the make-believe cooking they entailed. With sharp insight and good humor, Laura Shapiro shows how the ensuing battle helped shape the way we eat today, and how the clash in the kitchen reverberated elsewhere in the house as women struggled with marriage, work, and domesticity. This unconventional history overturns our notions about the ’50s and offers new thinking on some of its fascinating figures, including Poppy Cannon, Shirley Jackson, Julia Child, and Betty Friedan.
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- Ingram Advance, 04/01/2005, Page 135
- New York Times, 05/22/2005, Page 32
