Schenone, Laura.

A thousand years over a hot stove : a history of American women told through food, recipes, and remembrances / 1,000 years over a hot stove Laura Schenone. - 1st ed. - New York : W. W. Norton, 2003. - xxxvi, 412 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 355-378) and index.

Introduction : From Her Head Grew Pumpkin Vines: A Few Ideas About the Nature of Women and Food. Ch. 1. Gathering up the Earth -- Ch. 2. She Cooked in a New Land -- Ch. 3. Slavery at Her Table -- Ch. 4. Virtuous Cookery -- Ch. 5. A Woman's West -- Ch. 6. She Fed the Industrial Giants -- Ch. 7. Give Her Your Hungry -- Ch. 8. Technology's Housewife -- Ch. 9. Recipes for Hard Times -- Ch. 10. Apron Strings: Did She Cut Them?

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Cooking--History.--United States
Women cooks--History.--United States
Women--Domestic life--History.--United States

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