Author

Contributions

  • Michael Stern (Introduction) - Contributor

Publication

2001-02-20 - Modern Library

Language

English

Word Count

76,000 words, Guess

Page Count

304 pages

Identifiers

  • ISBN-100375756655
  • ISBN-139780375756658
  • LibraryThing140514
  • Library of Congress Control Number00061292
  • OCLC Control Number44775448
and 2 more
  • Better World Books9780375756658
  • Open LibraryOL7427445M

Classifications

  • LCCTX173.S44 2001
  • LCCTX173 .S44 2001

Description

"Perfection Salad presents an entertaining and erudite social history of women and cooking at the turn of the twentieth century. With sly humor and lucid insight, Laura Shapiro uncovers our ancestors' widespread obsession with food, and in doing so, tells us why we think as we do about food today."--BOOK JACKET.

First Sentence

In the spring of 1923 a woman wrote to a popular food magazine called American Cookery with a question that may have been bothering her for some time: Q: Are Vegetables ever served at a buffet luncheon?

Subjects

Series Statement

  • Modern Library Food

Other Editions

  • Perfection Salad: Women and Cooking at the Turn of the Century (Modern Library Food)Modern Library2001-02-20
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