Pilaf, pozole, and pad thai : American women and ethnic food / edited by Sherrie A. Inness.

Other author Inness, Sherrie A.
Format Book
Publication InfoAmherst : University of Massachusetts Press, ©2001.
Descriptionix, 234 pages ; 24 cm
Subjects
Food habits--United States.
Ethnic food industry--United States.
Women--United States. --Social life and customs.
United States--Social life and customs.

Contents Pt. 1. Reflections on family, food, and ethnicity. Mac and gravy / Paul Christensen ; Humble pie / Cathie English ; Dalia Carmel: a menu of food memories / Leanne Trapedo Sims ; Writing and cooking, cooking and writing / Lynn Z. Bloom ; My mother's recipes: the diary of a Swedish American daughter and mother / Linda Murray Berzok ; The triumph of Fassoulia, or Aunt Elizabeth and the beans / Arlene Voski Avakian -- Pt. 2. Changing relations to ethnic food. Los chilaquiles de mi 'ama: the language of everyday cooking / Meredith E. Abarca ; "In the kitchen family bread is always rising!": women's culture and the gringa imagination / Doris Friedensohn ; Let's cook Thai: recipes for colonialism / Lisa Heldke ; Gendered feasts: a feminist reflects on dining in New Orleans / Heather Schell.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 00048882
ISBN1558492852 (library Cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN1558492860 (pbk. : alk. paper)

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Joyner General Stacks GT2853.U5 P55 2001 ✔ Available Place Hold