Title Setting the Table for Julia Child : Gourmet Dining in America, 1934â#x80 ; #x93 ; 1961 / David Strauss

Published Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, ©2011

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Description 1 online resource (xi, 324 pages, [8] of plates) : illustrations (some color) Contents Food fights in twentieth-century America : the good life versus the healthy life -- Building a foundation for gourmet dining in America -- Origins, rituals, and menus of gourmet dining societies, 1934-1961 -- Selectivity and publicity in the gourmet dining movement -- Beating the Nazis with truffles and tripe : the early years of "Gourmet : the magazine of good living" -- Gourmet's gastronomic tours : Samuel Chamberlain and his bouquets -- From readers to cooks? : the impact of Gourmet/gourmet recipes -- Julia and Simca : a Franco-American culinary alliance Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Print version record SUBJECT Gourmet Subject Cooking, American -- History -- 20th century Food -- Social aspects -- United States -- History -- 20th century Food habits -- United States -- History -- 20th century Gourmets -- United States -- History -- 20th century Dinners and dining -- United States -- History -- 20th century Cooking, American Dinners and dining Food habits Food -- Social aspects Gourmets Manners and customs SUBJECT United States -- Social life and customs -- 1945-1970. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140542 United States -- Social life and customs -- 1918-1945. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140540 Subject United States Genre/Form History Form Electronic book ISBN 9781421428116 1421428113

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