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Who was Julia Child?
\"Born in California in 1912, Julia Child enlisted in the Army and met her future husband, Paul, during World War II. She discovered her love of French food while stationed in Paris and enrolled in Le Cordon Bleu cooking school after her service. Child knew that Americans would love French food as much as she did, so she wrote Mastering the Art of French Cooking in 1961. The book was a success and the public wanted more. America fell in love with Julia Child. Her TV show, The French Chef, premiered in 1963 and brought the bubbling and lovable chef into millions of homes. Find out more about this beloved chef, author, and TV personality in Who Was Julia Child?\"--Amazon.com.
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Cooking in Other Women’s Kitchens
As African American women left slavery and the plantation economy behind, many entered domestic service in southern cities and towns. Cooking was one of the primary jobs they performed in white employers' homes, feeding generations of white families and, in the process, profoundly shaping southern foodways and culture.Rebecca Sharpless argues that, in the face of discrimination, long workdays, and low wages, African American cooks worked to assert measures of control over their own lives and to maintain spaces for their own families despite the demands of employers and the restrictions of segregation. Sharpless also shows how these women's employment served as a bridge from old labor arrangements to new ones. As opportunities expanded in the twentieth century, most African American women chose to leave cooking for more lucrative and less oppressive manufacturing, clerical, or professional positions.Through letters, autobiography, and oral history, this book evokes African American women's voices from slavery to the open economy, examining their lives at work and at home. Sharpless looks beyond stereotypes to introduce the real women who left their own houses and families each morning to cook in other women's kitchens.
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How the cookie crumbled : the true (and not-so-true) stories of the invention of the chocolate chip cookie
Everyone loves chocolate chip cookies! But not everyone knows where they came from. Meet Ruth Wakefield, the talented chef and entrepreneur who started a restaurant, wrote a cookbook, and invented this delicious dessert st how did she do it, you ask? That's where things get messy!
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The Signifying Dish: Autobiography and History in Two Black Women's Cookbooks
Two cookbooks by African American women are discussed in relation to autobiography and history, 'Vibration Cooking: Or the Travel-Notes of a Geechee Girl' (1970) by Vertamae Smart-Grosvenor and 'Spoonbread and Strawberry Wine: Recipes and Reminiscences as a Family' (1978) by Carole and Norma Jean Darden. The cookbooks are examined in relation to the Black Power movement, Alice B. Toklas, and the relationship between food and identity.
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Savor : a chef's hunger for more
\"An aspiring young chef explores food and adventure, illness and mortality, coming of age and coming out in an inspiring memoir and family story that sweeps from Pakistan to New York City and beyond. Fatima Ali won the hearts of viewers as the season fifteen \"Fan Favorite\" of Bravo's Top Chef. After the taping wrapped and before the shows aired, Fati was diagnosed with a rare form of bone cancer, which eventually became terminal. Not one to ever slow down or admit defeat, she vowed to spend her final year traveling the world, eating delicious food, and making memories with her loved ones. But when her condition abruptly worsened, her plans were sidelined. She pivoted, determined to make her final days count as she worked to tell the story of a queer brown girl chef who set out to make a name for herself, her food, and her culture. The result is this stunning and lyrical ode to the food, family, and countries Fatima loved so much. Written both during Fati's last weeks and posthumously, this deftly woven memoir integrates the perspectives of Fatima at its core, with supporting chapters from her mother Farazeh's perspective. Flashing between past and present, readers will be transported back to Fatima's childhood, unfurling alongside that of her mother, as both were deeply affected by the cultural barriers they faced, shaping the course of their lives. At the same time, food plays an important role throughout, from the rustic stalls of the outdoor markets of Lahore to the kitchen and dining room of Meadowood, the acclaimed 3-Michelin-Star restaurant where Fatima apprenticed. Fati reflects on her life and her identity--as a chef, a daughter, a queer woman--exploring and defining her sexuality, oftentimes butting up against the more conservative and traditional views of those in her native Pakistan. This triumphant memoir is at once an exploration into the sense of wonder that made Fatima so special, and a shining testament to the resilience of the human spirit. It is, at its core, an exploration into what it means to truly live, a profound and exquisite portrait of a life that will resonate for many years to come\"-- Provided by publisher.
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Introduction
With the success ofWild Dreams: The Best of “Italian Americana”(Fordham University Press, 2008), we began to think about publishing another “Best of . . .” collection. We again approached Fordham University Press, with which we had developed a strong working relationship. Our first anthology focused on fiction, poetry, and memoir. A second volume, this time about Italian-American women, shouted out for attention.
As we perused past articles published in the journal,¹ what struck us was that, from out of the more often than not difficult beginnings of poverty, Italian-American women demonstrated a strength, inventiveness, persistence, and ingenuity that
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The chocolate chip cookie queen : Ruth Wakefield and her yummy invention
\"A biography of Ruth Wakefield's life, and her invention of the chocolate chip cookie\"--Provided by publisher.
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Introduction
With the success ofWild Dreams: The Best of “Italian Americana”(Fordham University Press, 2008), we began to think about publishing another “Best of . . .” collection. We again approached Fordham University Press, with which we had developed a strong working relationship. Our first anthology focused on fiction, poetry, and memoir. A second volume, this time about Italian-American women, shouted out for attention.
As we perused past articles published in the journal,¹ what struck us was that, from out of the more often than not difficult beginnings of poverty, Italian-American women demonstrated a strength, inventiveness, persistence, and ingenuity that
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Visionary women : how Rachel Carson, Jane Jacobs, Jane Goodall, and Alice Waters changed our world
\"Four influential women we thought we knew well--Jane Jacobs, Rachel Carson, Jane Goodall, and Alice Waters--and how they spearheaded the modern progressive movement\"-- Provided by publisher.
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