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Something from the Oven

Reinventing Dinner in 1950s America

by Laura Shapiro

Nineteen fiftiesAmerican CookeryAmerican CookingWomen cooksConvenience foodsHistoryNew York Times reviewedCooking

A fun, lively history of the revolution in American cooking that took place in the 1950s traces the innovations, cookbooks, products, techniques, and marketing campaigns that changed the way Americans prepared food forever.

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Book data: Open Library