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Record Nr.

UNINA9910524687603321

Autore

Strauss David <1937->

Titolo

Setting the Table for Julia Child : Gourmet Dining in America, 1934–1961 / / David Strauss

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Baltimore : , : Johns Hopkins University Press, , 2011

©2011

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xi, 324 p., [8] of plates :) : ill. (some col.) ;

Disciplina

394.1/20973

Soggetti

Cooking, American - History - 20th century

Food - Social aspects - United States - History - 20th century

Food habits - United States - History - 20th century

Gourmets - United States - History - 20th century

Dinners and dining - United States - History - 20th century

Electronic books.

United States Social life and customs 1945-1970

United States Social life and customs 1918-1945

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Food fights in twentieth-century America : the good life versus the healthy life -- Building a foundation for gourmet dining in America -- Origins, rituals, and menus of gourmet dining societies, 1934-1961 -- Selectivity and publicity in the gourmet dining movement -- Beating the Nazis with truffles and tripe : the early years of "Gourmet : the magazine of good living" -- Gourmet's gastronomic tours : Samuel Chamberlain and his bouquets -- From readers to cooks? : the impact of Gourmet/gourmet recipes -- Julia and Simca : a Franco-American culinary alliance.