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Features the story of America's transformation from a nation of honest appetites into an obedient market for instant mashed potatoes. This work investigates a band of reformers at the turn of the twentieth century who were determined to modernize the American diet through a 'scientific' approach to cooking.

Table of 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

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      Publisher: University of California Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 9/16/2008 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780520257382, 978-0520257382
      ISBN10: 0520257383

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Features the story of America's transformation from a nation of honest appetites into an obedient market for instant mashed potatoes. This work investigates a band of reformers at the turn of the twentieth century who were determined to modernize the American diet through a 'scientific' approach to cooking.

      Table of 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

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