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Perfection Salad : Women and Cooking at the Turn of the Century, Paperback / softback Book

Perfection Salad : Women and Cooking at the Turn of the Century Paperback / softback

Part of the California Studies in Food and Culture series

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Toasted marshmallows stuffed with raisins? Green-and-white luncheons? Chemistry in the kitchen? This entertaining and erudite social history now in its fourth paperback edition tells the remarkable story of America's transformation from a nation of honest appetites into an obedient market for instant mashed potatoes.

In "Perfection Salad", Laura Shapiro investigates a band of passionate but ladylike reformers at the turn of the twentieth century - including Fannie Farmer of the Boston Cooking School - who were determined to modernize the American diet through a 'scientific' approach to cooking.

Shapiro's fascinating tale shows why we think the way we do about food today.

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