Something from the oven

Something from the oven

By
Laura Shapiro
Laura Shapiro
2004 • 337 pages

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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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