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A thousand years over a hot stove : a history of American women told through food, recipes, and remembrances
- Title
- A thousand years over a hot stove : a history of American women told through food, recipes, and remembrances / Laura Schenone.
- Author
- Schenone, Laura.
- Publication
- New York : W.W. Norton, ©2003.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Use in library | TX645 .S34 2003 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- xxxvi, 412 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
- Summary
- A collection of classic recipes and inspirational stories traces the history of food and cooking in America and discusses how the power of food shaped the lives of women.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- cookbooks.
- Cookbooks.
- History.
- Livres de cuisine.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 355-378) and index.
- Contents
- Preface : Haunted by kitchen ghosts -- Introduction : From her head grew pumpkin vines : a few ideas about the nature of women and food -- Gathering up the earth -- She cooked in a new land -- Slavery at her table -- Virtuous cookery : from drudgery to sacred profession -- A woman's West -- She fed the industrial giants -- Give her your hungry -- Technology's new homemaker -- Recipes for tough times -- Apron strings : did she cut them? -- Resources for historic cooking.
- ISBN
- 0393016714
- 9780393016710
- 9780393326277
- 0393326276
- LCCN
- 2003010418
- OCLC
- ocm52214703
- 52214703
- SCSB-1310934
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library