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Something from the Oven: Reinventing Dinner in 1950s America

by Laura Shapiro · 2004

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A fun, lively history of the revolution in American cooking that took place in the 1950s traces the innovations, cookbooks, products, techniques, and marketing campaigns that changed the way Americans prepared food forever.

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historyhistoryMore like thisLess of thiscookingcookingMore like thisLess of thissociologysociologyMore like thisLess of thishealthhealthMore like thisLess of this
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historical fictionhistorical fictionMore like thisLess of this
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foodfoodMore like thisLess of thishistoryhistoryMore like thisLess of thisfeminismfeminismMore like thisLess of thiswomenwomenMore like thisLess of thisAmerican historyAmerican historyMore like thisLess of this
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20th century20th centuryMore like thisLess of thisUSAUSAMore like thisLess of this
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adult
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medium · 334 pages

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