{"product_id":"perfection-salad-24-laura-shapiro-9780520257382","title":"Perfection Salad: Women and Cooking at the Turn of the Century Volume 24","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 \u003ci\u003ePerfection Salad, \u003c\/i\u003eLaura 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Laura Shapiro\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0520257383\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780520257382\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of California Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/02\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 296\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.32h x 5.56w x 0.70d","brand":"Laura Shapiro","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43988172505343,"sku":"9780520257382","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_4f6e4637-c4a7-492d-aa29-168c08743d1d.jpg?v=1683293037","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/perfection-salad-24-laura-shapiro-9780520257382","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}