Something from the Oven by Laura Shapiro

Something from the Oven by Laura Shapiro

Author of the forthcoming What She Ate: Six Remarkable Women and the Food That Tells Their Stories (Summer 2017)

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 I, 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.

Laura Shapiro, an award-winning writer, worked for Newsweek for over fifteen years. She is the author of Perfection Salad and has contributed to The New York Times, Rolling Stone, Granta, and Gourmet, among other publications.

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ISBN 13	9780670871544
ISBN 10	0670871540
Title	Something from the Oven
Author	Laura Shapiro
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Viking Books
Year published	2004-04-01
Number of pages	306
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.