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Taste makers : seven immigrant women who revolutionized food in America, Mayukh Sen

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Summary
"America's modern culinary history told through the lives of seven pathbreaking chefs and food writers. Who's really behind America's appetite for foods from around the globe? This group biography from an electric new voice in food writing honors seven extraordinary women, all immigrants, who left an indelible mark on the way Americans eat today. Taste Makers stretches from World War II to the present, with absorbing and deeply researched portraits of figures including Mexican-born Elena Zelayeta, a blind chef; Marcella Hazan, the deity of Italian cuisine; and Norma Shirley, a champion of Jamaican dishes. In imaginative, lively prose, Mayukh Sen-a queer, brown child of immigrants-reconstructs the lives of these women in vivid and empathetic detail, daring to ask why some were famous in their own time, but not in ours, and why others shine brightly even today. Weaving together histories of food, immigration, and gender, Taste Makers will challenge the way readers look at what's on their plate-and the women whose labor, overlooked for so long, makes those meals possible"--
Language
eng
Work
Publication
Edition
First edition.
Extent
xxvi, 259 pages
Contents
  • Mother tongue: Chao Yang Buwei
  • You'd never give a thought to pity her: Elena Zelayeta
  • Interlude: Julia Child, American woman
  • I was a good fighter, sister: Madeleine Kamman
  • As words come to a child: Marcella Hazan
  • Her own quiet rebellion: Julie Sahni
  • A place for the stateless: Najmieh Batmanglij
  • The taste of papaya: Norma Shirley
Isbn
9781324004516
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Taste makers : seven immigrant women who revolutionized food in America
Title
Taste makers
Title remainder
seven immigrant women who revolutionized food in America
Statement of responsibility
Mayukh Sen
Creator
Author
Subject
Genre
Language
eng
Summary
"America's modern culinary history told through the lives of seven pathbreaking chefs and food writers. Who's really behind America's appetite for foods from around the globe? This group biography from an electric new voice in food writing honors seven extraordinary women, all immigrants, who left an indelible mark on the way Americans eat today. Taste Makers stretches from World War II to the present, with absorbing and deeply researched portraits of figures including Mexican-born Elena Zelayeta, a blind chef; Marcella Hazan, the deity of Italian cuisine; and Norma Shirley, a champion of Jamaican dishes. In imaginative, lively prose, Mayukh Sen-a queer, brown child of immigrants-reconstructs the lives of these women in vivid and empathetic detail, daring to ask why some were famous in their own time, but not in ours, and why others shine brightly even today. Weaving together histories of food, immigration, and gender, Taste Makers will challenge the way readers look at what's on their plate-and the women whose labor, overlooked for so long, makes those meals possible"--
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Provided by publisher
Biography type
collective biography
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11012760
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DLC
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Sen, Mayukh
Dewey number
  • 641.5092/2
  • B
Index
index present
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
bibliography
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True
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  • Women cooks
  • Women immigrants
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seven immigrant women who revolutionized food in America
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Taste makers : seven immigrant women who revolutionized food in America, Mayukh Sen
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Publication
Copyright
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
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volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Mother tongue: Chao Yang Buwei -- You'd never give a thought to pity her: Elena Zelayeta -- Interlude: Julia Child, American woman -- I was a good fighter, sister: Madeleine Kamman -- As words come to a child: Marcella Hazan -- Her own quiet rebellion: Julie Sahni -- A place for the stateless: Najmieh Batmanglij -- The taste of papaya: Norma Shirley
Dimensions
24 cm
Edition
First edition.
Extent
xxvi, 259 pages
Isbn
9781324004516
Isbn Type
(hb)
Lccn
2021029600
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
System control number
(OCoLC)1260692917
Label
Taste makers : seven immigrant women who revolutionized food in America, Mayukh Sen
Publication
Copyright
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Mother tongue: Chao Yang Buwei -- You'd never give a thought to pity her: Elena Zelayeta -- Interlude: Julia Child, American woman -- I was a good fighter, sister: Madeleine Kamman -- As words come to a child: Marcella Hazan -- Her own quiet rebellion: Julie Sahni -- A place for the stateless: Najmieh Batmanglij -- The taste of papaya: Norma Shirley
Dimensions
24 cm
Edition
First edition.
Extent
xxvi, 259 pages
Isbn
9781324004516
Isbn Type
(hb)
Lccn
2021029600
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
System control number
(OCoLC)1260692917

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