| #1110730 in Books | 2005-06-01 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 9.25 x1.00 x7.25l,1.99 | File type: PDF | 464 pages||0 of 0 people found the following review helpful.| Fun read|By Long term customer|Enjoyable read here for those interested in the social history of food. Nothing too heavy and not comprehensive by any means, but I really enjoyed the chapter on WW II. Just for fun tidbits, but I would not make any of the recipes...|0 of 0 people found the following review helpful.| Loved this book so much it's my seco|From Library Journal|In recent years, the subject of food has been one primarily of seriousness verging on reverence. While that may be wholly justified, it's refreshing to have a good laugh (at ourselves) every now and then. Lovegren, an avid collector and read
Though the Roaring Twenties call to mind images of flappers dancing the Charleston and gangsters dispensing moonshine in back rooms, Sylvia Lovegren here playfully reminds us what these characters ate for dinner: Banana and Popcorn Salad. Like fashions and fads, food—even bad food—has a history, and Lovegren's Fashionable Food is quite literally a cookbook of the American past.
Well researched and delightfully illustrated, this collection o...
You easily download any file type for your device.Fashionable Food: Seven Decades of Food Fads | Sylvia Lovegren. A good, fresh read, highly recommended.