基本説明
New in paperback. Hardcover was published in 1986 by Farrar Straus & Giroux. With a new Afterword.
Full Description
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.
Contents
PROLOGUE: Toasted Marshmallows Stuffed with Raisins
ONE: Drudgery Divine
TWO: And the Kitchen Becomes the Workshop of the Skies
THREE: Better Ways, Lighter Burdens, More Wholesome Results
FOUR: Perfection Salad
FIVE: The Mother of Level Measurements
SIX: Whoever Knew a Dyspeptic to Be a Christian?
SEVEN: Foes in Our Own Household
EIGHT: An Absolutely New Product
CONCLUSION: A Leaf or Two of Lettuce
Afterword
Acknowledgments
Notes
Bibliography
Index
