9780143034919-014303491X-Something from the Oven: Reinventing Dinner in 1950s America

Something from the Oven: Reinventing Dinner in 1950s America

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Something from the Oven: Reinventing Dinner in 1950s America (ISBN-13: 9780143034919 and ISBN-10: 014303491X), written by authors Laura Shapiro, was published by Penguin Publishing Group in 2005. With an overall rating of 3.6 stars, it's a notable title among other Women (Specific Groups, Cooking for One or Two, Cooking Methods, History, Cooking Education & Reference, Depression, Mental Health, United States History, Historical Study & Educational Resources, Women in History, World History, Popular Culture, Social Sciences, Women's Studies, Cultural & Regional) books. You can easily purchase or rent Something from the Oven: Reinventing Dinner in 1950s America (Paperback) from BooksRun, along with many other new and used Women books and textbooks. And, if you're looking to sell your copy, our current buyback offer is $0.33.

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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 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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