| A Thousand Years Over a Hot Stove: A History of American Women Told through Food, Recipes, and Remembrances | 
 enlarge | Author: Laura Schenone
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  16 reviews
Sales Rank: 151479
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 412
Shipping Weight (lbs): 6.1
Dimensions (in): 9 x 7.4 x 1.1
ISBN: 0393326276
Dewey Decimal Number: 641
EAN: 9780393326277
ASIN: 0393326276
Publication Date: November 20, 2004
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Product Description
A stunningly illustrated book that celebrates the power of food throughout American history and in women's lives. Filled with classic recipes and inspirational stories, A Thousand Years Over a Hot Stove will make you think twice about the food on your plate. Here is the first book to recount how American women have gathered, cooked, and prepared food for lovers, strangers, and family throughout the ages. We find native women who pried nourishment from the wilderness, mothers who sold biscuits to buy their children's freedom, immigrant wives who cooked old foods in new homes to provide comfort. From church bake sales to microwaving moms, this book is a celebration of women's lives, homes, and communities. Over fifty recipes, from Federal Pancakes to Sweet Potato Pie, are beautifully presented along with over one hundred images from artists, photographers, and rare sources. A Thousand Years Over a Hot Stove is the shared history of all American women and the perfect gift for anyone who ever put food on the table. 140 illustrations.
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 Hot stove delight September 24, 2008
My wife thoroughly enjoyed this book, so did i. I would think almost any cook would.
Fabulous Read for Women Who Cook...whether you like it or not! May 17, 2007
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
Laura Schenone hooked me early in the book proclaiming she had days when she could spend all day in the kitchen and others when she walked into the kitchen & never cared if she cooked a single thing again. I could identify with that and knew what followed would be honest. I loved the book so much, I ordered a copy for my sister. We are still talking about it! Even though I didn't know the women cited in the book, I felt such a connection to all the women who have come before me and felt the need to nurture.
The best book I have read in a long time. February 25, 2007
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
This book is not at all about oppression. It is about the triumph of the American women. Yes, it is true that She struggled and had many obstacles to overcome. But She did overcome them though neccessity, with grace and intelligents. I highly recommend this book.
fascinating view on history and what people ate and why July 3, 2006
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
I love this book. I bought it last year and was reading it when we moved and I lost it, so I had to buy it again. I love cooking and I love history and this book perfectly explains history through food, trends in food because of historical and societal pressures. I read another review that someone else felt it was insulting to women and I absolutely disagree; I feel it gives an interesting perspective and I can hardly put the book down. I did not enjoy the prologue though, and felt it was too sentimental, but maybe prologues are meant to be that way and I might appreciate it in the future. The photos are wonderful as are the recipes. This book has gotten me to think intimately about living and cooking in the past, without the romanticism that I have often instilled into my own ideas of what life may have been like and how it might have been better ... this book allows one to fully appreciate our modern luxuries here in America but also learn fascinating historical facts and more often than not it is amazing to read what people ate and why! I love this book!
1-2007 I just want to add that I still love this book and refference it and bought a copy for my sister who loves it!
Great book April 27, 2006
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
Food history of women in America. This was a massive project that has not been done before. Schenone did an excellent job, complete with historical photos, and was even recognized by the James Beard Foundation where this book won for the best book in Writing and Reference in 2004.
If you enjoy history and food, this is an excellent book.
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