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Stand Facing the Stove : The Story of the Women Who Gave America the Joy of Cooking by Anne Mendelson (2003, Trade Paperback)
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Binding: Paperback, Paperback. Number of Pages: 496. Weight: 0.99 lbs. Publication Date: 2003-05-06.
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PublisherScribner
ISBN-100743229398
ISBN-139780743229395
eBay Product ID (ePID)2336419
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Book TitleStand Facing the Stove : the Story of the Women Who Gave America the Joy of Cooking
Number of Pages496 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2003
TopicWomen, Culinary, Regional & Ethnic / American / General, General
IllustratorYes
GenreCooking, Biography & Autobiography
AuthorAnne Mendelson
FormatTrade Paperback
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Item Height1.3 in
Item Weight21.1 Oz
Item Length9 in
Item Width6 in
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ReviewsLos Angeles TimesAnne Mendelson brings the story to vivid life...and adroitly strings together an enlightening cultural history of American women in the twentieth century., Los Angeles Times Anne Mendelson brings the story to vivid life...and adroitly strings together an enlightening cultural history of American women in the twentieth century., The New York Times Book ReviewAnne Mendelson is a sensitive and careful chronicler of a remarkable family, of theJoy of Cookingas an emblem of American civilization, and of "a society where cookbooks are replacing cooking.", Entertainment Weekly A delicious story...Mendelson discusses this most definitely American kitchen manual with measured but contagious relish., The New York Times Book Review Anne Mendelson is a sensitive and careful chronicler of a remarkable family, of the Joy of Cooking as an emblem of American civilization, and of "a society where cookbooks are replacing cooking.", Entertainment Weekly A delicious story...Mendelson discusses this most definitely American kitchenmanual with measured but contagious relish., Entertainment WeeklyA delicious story...Mendelson discusses this most definitely American kitchenmanual with measured but contagious relish.
Table Of ContentContents Preface Acknowledgments Introduction Part I 1 The Golden Age of St. Louis 2 Beginnings and Endings 3 The Rombauers After the War 4 The Birth of Joy Part II 5 Chronicles of Cookery 1 6 Rombauer and Bobbs-Merrill: The Making of an Enmity 7 Family Regroupings 8 War Maneuvers Part III 9 Chronicles of Cookery 2 10 Indian Summer Interrupted 11 The Last Battle Part IV 12 Little Acorn and Wild Wealth 13 Marion's Last Years Epilogue Notes Selected Bibliography Suggested Reading Index Copyright © 1996, 2003 by Anne Mendelson
SynopsisIn 1931, Irma S. Rombauer, a recent widow, took her life savings and self-published a cookbook that she hoped might support her family. Little did she know that her book would go on to become America's most beloved cooking companion. Thus was born the bestsellingJoy of Cooking,and with it, a culinary revolution that continues to this day.InStand Facing the Stove,Anne Mendelson presents a richly detailed biographical portrait of the two remarkable forces behindJoy-- Irma S. Rombauer and her daughter, Marion Rombauer Becker -- shedding new light on the classic kitchen mainstay and on the history of American cooking. Mendelson weaves together three fascinating stories: the affectionate though often difficult relationship betweenJoy'soriginal creator, Irma, and her eventual coauthor, Marion; the bitter dealings between the Rombauers and their publisher, Bobbs-Merrill (at whose hands the Rombauers likely lost millions of dollars); and the enormous cultural impact of the beloved book that Irma and Marion devoted their lives to refining, edition after edition.Featuring an accessible new recipe format and an engaging voice that inspired home cooks,Joychanged the face of American cookbooks.Stand Facing the Stoveoffers an intimate look at the women behind this culinary bible and provides a marvelous portrait of twentieth-century America as seen through the kitchen window., In 1931, Irma S. Rombauer, a recent widow, took her life savings and self-published a cookbook that she hoped might support her family. Little did she know that her book would go on to become America's most beloved cooking companion. Thus was born the bestselling Joy of Cooking, and with it, a culinary revolution that continues to this day. In Stand Facing the Stove, Anne Mendelson presents a richly detailed biographical portrait of the two remarkable forces behind Joy -- Irma S. Rombauer and her daughter, Marion Rombauer Becker -- shedding new light on the classic kitchen mainstay and on the history of American cooking. Mendelson weaves together three fascinating stories: the affectionate though often difficult relationship between Joy's original creator, Irma, and her eventual coauthor, Marion; the bitter dealings between the Rombauers and their publisher, Bobbs-Merrill (at whose hands the Rombauers likely lost millions of dollars); and the enormous cultural impact of the beloved book that Irma and Marion devoted their lives to refining, edition after edition. Featuring an accessible new recipe format and an engaging voice that inspired home cooks, Joy changed the face of American cookbooks. Stand Facing the Stove offers an intimate look at the women behind this culinary bible and provides a marvelous portrait of twentieth-century America as seen through the kitchen window.
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