{"product_id":"taste-makers-9781324004516","title":"Taste Makers","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAmerica's modern culinary history told through the lives of seven path-breaking chefs and food writers\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A fascinating and impeccably researched book. \u003cem\u003eTaste Makers\u003c\/em\u003e is a joyous celebration of the cooks whose lives have enriched so much of our cooking and eating.\" -- Nigel Slater\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eTaste Makers\u003c\/em\u003e is essential history for understanding American food’s current reckoning with inclusion and diversity.\" -- John Birdsall, author of The Man Who Ate Too Much\u003cbr\u003e\"Sen is a sensitive and perceptive journalist and a deft historian; his willingness to let his subjects speak for themselves whenever possible gives his book a compelling power... he succeeds in amplifying the voices of seven overlooked women to the levels that they always deserved.\" -- Hetty McKinnon - The New York Times\u003cbr\u003e\"Through his seven portraits, Sen restores a missing part of American culinary history, drawing on interviews, reviews and menus to create a compelling story about the love of food, the pull of the tastes of one’s homeland, the delicious pleasure of sharing the richness and complexity of your most cherished recipes with strangers at your table.\" -- Nilanajana Roy - Financial Times\u003cbr\u003e\"[Sen] paints a vivid, complex picture of his subjects… Sen is an excellent storyteller, and his portraits are immersive. \u003cem\u003eTaste Makers\u003c\/em\u003e is a well-researched book that shines light on seven women who helped to change culinary tastes in America.\" -- Olivia Potts - The Spectator\u003cbr\u003e\"Sen traces the intimate details of these women’s lives and the broader social conditions that shaped – and in many ways stifled – their work. An important book that, like the work of the women it describes, deserves the widest audience.\" -- Killian Fox - The Observer Food Monthly\u003cbr\u003e\"[A] perceptive group biography\" -- Bee Wilson - London Review of Books","brand":"WW Norton \u0026 Co","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49529092997463,"sku":"9781324004516","price":19.94,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781324004516.jpg?v=1731874268","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/taste-makers-9781324004516","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}