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Books : From Hardtack to Home Fries: An Uncommon History of American Cooks and Meals |
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Books : From Hardtack to Home Fries: An Uncommon History of American Cooks and Meals |
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by: Barbara Haber
Dewey Decimal Number: 394.10973 EAN: 9780684842172 ISBN: 0684842173 Label: Free Press Manufacturer: Free Press Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 256 Publication Date: April 02, 2002 Publisher: Free Press Sales Rank: 477930 Studio: Free Press Editorial Review: Related Items:
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 Rating:  - Vignettes of the History of American FoodEntertaining and well researched. It is not a history of American food or cooking. Instead, the author has researched a few selected moments in the history of American cooks, with special emphasis on women's issues. I particularly enjoyed the chapters on the upper class ladies who organized the field kitchens for the armies during the Civil War. Also of interest is the information about the Harvey Girls, and Kellogg and the Seventh Day Adventists. Rating:  - "modify" "adapt"... what for???Some of the history here was interesting.... although she drones on and on about Eleanor Roosevelt's unqualified housekeeper... and is as boring and repetitive as that lady's meals were reputed to be.... but why on earth would you modify or adapt a recipe in what is essentially a history book... when the whole point is how people used to cook.... for anyone who is really interested in the topic, it would probably make more sense to read the sources from the thoughtfully annotated bibliography.... than to read this book. either this author is naturally boring herself, or she had to write this book to get a promotion at the library where she works... and gets to handle all the luscious originals... maybe this is all unfair... but i was quite disappointed by this book. Rating:  - Lovely and AnecdotalThis is not an intense "History of America Through Food", but rather a fun and witty serious of anecdotes about various chapters in American culinary history. It's in no way encyclopedic, nor is it a reference book, but it does make for a nice read for those who love American history or food. I look forward to Haber's next book... a sequel of this one might be nice, I'm sure there are a dozen more similar examples of American food stories. Rating: - A Study of America's Diverse Culinary HistoryBarbara Haber, Curator of Books at the Schlesinger Library, has compiled a basic history of America's food. The topics covered include the Irish famine, the Civil War, food reformers such as Graham and Kellogg, the abominable food served in FDR's White House, how food has maintained familial, cultural, and racial bonds, and even cookbook collecting (and I thought I was the only one!). Each topic is a basic history, and for more in-depth study and knowledge, one will likely need to dig through some of the resources provided in the bibliography. But for someone who wants just a basic overview, this book is perfect.
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