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A Thousand Years over a Hot Stove: A History of American Women Told Through Food, Recipes, and Remembrances Hardcover – October 1, 2003

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Starting with personal reminiscences, this unusual history traces women's roles relating to cooking from prehistory to the age of the new vegetarian diet and Julia Child. Schenone, a New Jersey-based freelance writer and journalist, includes vintage illustrations, recipes (some of which helped win the West and war), a multidisciplinary bibliography, and resources. Annotation (c) Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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416 pages
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English
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W W Norton & Co Inc
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October 1, 2003
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7.5 x 1 x 9.75 inches
ISBN-10

0393016714
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978-0393016710
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As the title implies, in her first book, freelance writer Schenone has attempted to cover more than a millennium in women's history, tossing in historically interesting recipes along the way. The results of this ambitious project, however, can't help but be broad, and the book is full of sweeping statements such as, "As cooks, Native American women lay the first claim to some of the greatest ingredients in the history of the world." A turgid introduction reaches even further back than 1,000 years to conjure a figure Schenone names "All Woman," whom she imagines as the first female on earth and imbues with all kinds of knowledge and curiosity. Later chapters are more fact-based and reliable. Indeed, when Schenone delves into the specific, her writing immediately improves. For example, a section in a chapter on the 19th century that details the development of urban peddlers and more specifically "hot corn women," is rich with description, evocative and offers information that is probably new to most readers. The author also does a commendable job of drawing the often-ignored connections among politics, women and food when describing events such as the 1917 food riots in New York City and lunch counter sit-ins in the 1960s. The book is chockablock with recipes (often for oddities such as Apple Crisp Pronto from 1943, a concoction of packaged bread, margarine, honey and apples meant to help Rosie the Riveter get dinner on the table), period illustrations and sidebars, including one on Sara Josepha Hale, who standardized the Thanksgiving holiday.
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For centuries, society has dictated that one of a woman's most important roles is feeding the family. The integral process of feeding the family often involved more than merely cooking meals. For many women, food preparation might have also included planting, gathering, foraging, storing, shopping, socializing, serving, and cleaning up. In America, as in most other countries, women have traditionally been perceived as natural nurturers responsible for providing both food and comfort in large quantities. Schenone interweaves more than 50 diverse recipes with a wealth of historical anecdotes, trivia, and illustrations. Drawing from a wide variety of backgrounds and recipes, this lively, loving tribute to the female culinary experience crosses cultural and socioeconomic divides in authentic American fashion. Fascinating social history with a heaping helping of home cooking thrown in for good measure. Margaret Flanagan
Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved

Publisher ‏ : ‎ W W Norton & Co Inc; First Edition (October 1, 2003)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 416 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0393016714
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0393016710
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 2.4 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7.5 x 1 x 9.75 inches

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rural girl

fascinating view on history and what people ate and why

Reviewed in the United States on July 2, 2006

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I love this book. I bought it last year and was reading it when we moved and I lost it, so I had to buy it again. I love cooking and I love history and this book perfectly explains history through food, trends in food because of historical and societal pressures. I read another review that someone else felt it was insulting to women and I absolutely disagree; I feel it gives an interesting perspective and I can hardly put the book down. I did not enjoy the prologue though, and felt it was too sentimental, but maybe prologues are meant to be that way and I might appreciate it in the future. The photos are wonderful as are the recipes. This book has gotten me to think intimately about living and cooking in the past, without the romanticism that I have often instilled into my own ideas of what life may have been like and how it might have been better ... this book allows one to fully appreciate our modern luxuries here in America but also learn fascinating historical facts and more often than not it is amazing to read what people ate and why! I love this book!
1-2007 I just want to add that I still love this book and refference it and bought a copy for my sister who loves it!

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KLea

History and cookbook. Very enjoyable.

Reviewed in the United States on June 19, 2017

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A history as much as a cookbook. I love simply sitting down and reading through this book. I have yet to try any recipes, but see many I know my family and I will enjoy. Great addition to a cookbook lover's collection, as well as to those looking for an interesting perspective on "unknown" women through history. Arrived promptly and was in very good condition. I would purchase from this seller again. Thank you.

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Patricia L.

Wonderful and truthful view of history

Reviewed in the United States on December 11, 2017

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If you tend to look at history through everyday life, this is a great book for you. I love to buy old cookbooks, because the history portrayed in them is not tainted or glossed over. Gives you a real view of the times, and the struggles and victories of the women living through them.

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Larry Tobias

Not your Run Of The mill Cook book it tells a Story As Well

Reviewed in the United States on May 18, 2019

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Wonderful Story and Recipes ! In Search Of Family and Family Recipes as well

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Rev. Deb Geelsdottir

Love it.

Reviewed in the United States on May 13, 2019

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Love this book. It's fascinating and the photos are great too.

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M. Alther

This NEEDED to be written

Reviewed in the United States on June 26, 2004

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If you enjoy a coziness factor in your life, you'll benefit from reading this book. It's fun and useful and educational. You'll come away with a new respect for the everyday love offerings dished out by Mom and Grandma and the matriarchs of generations and milleniums past. Little by little they all contribute to the building of a civilization.
Wow! Inspiring reading about the over-looked contribution of everyday women and nurturers in our daily lives, and the food they give us. Very entertaining.

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gadgetcollector

I loved this book

Reviewed in the United States on January 13, 2014

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This book tied food and history together in a way I've never seen before. It talks about pain and sacrifice realistically. I'm from Savannah, Georgia and it made some things plain that were usually swept under the rug during my childhood. For that alone I give it 5 stars.

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DiBoo

great book on history of cooking

Reviewed in the United States on February 1, 2010

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Great book for my daughter-in-law who collects cookbooks. Bought it for her for Christmas and her quote was "love, love love it!" My son said "great choice"! I had flipped thru it before I wrapped it up and it DID look very interesting.. If you like history, food, and cooking, I think this book would be of interest to you.

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Ginger

Just brilliant

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 17, 2014

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Beautifully written, well researched, sometimes very uncomfortable reading (the 'civilisation' of the Native American Indians, Mexicans etc), comprehensive and wonderfully down-to-earth and insightful. I cannot recommend it highly enough. Very impressed with this book.

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