{"product_id":"the-recipe-reader-9780803233614","title":"The Recipe Reader","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAlthough the last decade has seen an intense and widespread interest in the writing and publishing of cookery books, surprisingly little contextualized analysis of the recipe as a generic form has appeared. This essay collection asserts that the recipe in all its cultural and textual contexts is a complex, distinct, and important form of cultural expression.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“If you’re a recipe reader . . . you’ll find plenty of insights and substantial exploration within the pages of \u003ci\u003eThe Recipe Reader\u003c\/i\u003e.”—\u003ci\u003eGastronomica\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNotes on ContributorsAcknowledgements1. The Recipe in its Cultural Contexts -- Janet Floyd and Laurel ForsterTRADITIONS2. Of Recipe Books and Reading in the Nineteenth Century: Mrs Beeton and her Cultural Consequences -- Margaret Beetham3. Redefining 'Rudimentary' Narrative: Women's Nineteenth-Century Manuscript Cookbooks -- Andrea K. Newlyn4. 'Talking' Recipes: \u003ci\u003eWhat Mrs Fisher Knows \u003c\/i\u003eand the African-American Cookbook Tradition -- Andrew Warnes5. Domesticating Imperialism: Curry and Cookbooks in Victorian England -- Susan Zlotnick6. 'In Close Touch With her Government': Women and the Domestic Science Movement in World War One Propaganda -- Celia M. KingsburyINDIVIDUAL INTERVENTIONS7. The Importance of Being Greedy: Connoisseurship and Domesticity in the Writings of Elizabeth Robins Pennell -- Talia Schaffer8. Simple, Honest Food: Elizabeth David and the Construction of Nation in Cookery Writing -- Janet FloydCONTEMPORARY CONTEXTS9. Liberating the Recipe: A Study of the Relationship between Food and Feminism in the early 1970s -- Laurel Forster10. Regulation and Creativity: The Use of Recipes in Contemporary Fiction -- Sarah Sceats11. Nigella Bites and the Naked Chef: The Sexual and the Sensual in Television Cookery Programmmes -- Maggie Andrews12. Adapting and Adopting: The Migrating Recipe -- Marina de Camargo HeckBibliographyName IndexSubject Index","brand":"MQ - University of Nebraska Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51038185980247,"sku":"9780803233614","price":17.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780803233614.jpg?v=1750939402","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-recipe-reader-9780803233614","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}