Perfection Salad: Women and Cooking at the Turn of the CenturyModern Library, 2001 - 274 pages This entertaining and social history of women and cooking at the turn of the 20th century is laced with sly humor and lucid insight. The author uncovers our ancestors' widespread obsession with food, and tells readers why we think as we do about food today. |
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Page 40
... housework itself but suggested a lack of enlightenment on the part of the housekeeper . " The woman who boils potatoes year after year , with no thought of the how or why , is a drudge , " Ellen Richards explained to the Associa- tion ...
... housework itself but suggested a lack of enlightenment on the part of the housekeeper . " The woman who boils potatoes year after year , with no thought of the how or why , is a drudge , " Ellen Richards explained to the Associa- tion ...
Page 212
... Housework was never going to be fun , or even very interest- ing , and the novelty of fighting germs and disease at home by scrubbing the cellar had long since disappeared . One of the chief differences between housekeeping and ...
... Housework was never going to be fun , or even very interest- ing , and the novelty of fighting germs and disease at home by scrubbing the cellar had long since disappeared . One of the chief differences between housekeeping and ...
Page 213
... housework . This was deemed a perfectly ac- ceptable attitude so long as it didn't interfere with one's housework . " Lack of the faculty for success in homemaking , while biologically abnormal , is no disgrace , " declared a téxt by a ...
... housework . This was deemed a perfectly ac- ceptable attitude so long as it didn't interfere with one's housework . " Lack of the faculty for success in homemaking , while biologically abnormal , is no disgrace , " declared a téxt by a ...
Contents
TOASTED MARSH MALLOWS STUFFED WITH RAISINS | 3 |
DRUDGERY DIVINE | 11 |
AND THE KITCHEN BECOMES THE WORKSHOP OF THE SKIES | 32 |
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Perfection Salad: Women and Cooking at the Turn of the Century Laura Shapiro No preview available - 1995 |
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