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Synopsis
Watching What We Eat: The Evolution of Television Cooking Shows illuminates how cooking shows have both reflected and shaped significant changes in American culture and will explore why it is that just about everybody still finds them irresistible.
Synopsis
More than just a how-to or an amusement, cooking shows are also a unique social barometer.
Table of Contents
Introduction
Early Period (1945-1962)
Chapter One: Stirrings: Radio, Home Economists and James Beard
Chapter Two: La Cuisine and Canned Soup: Dione Lucas vs. Convenience
Middle Period (1963-1992)
Chapter Three: Julia Child and Revolution in the Kitchen
Chapter Four: The Me Decade and the Galloping Gourmet
Chapter Five: Cultural Capital and the Frugal Gourmet
Modern Period (1993-present)
Chapter Six: A Network of Its Own
Chapter Seven: Good Television
Chapter Eight: "Democratainment": Gender, Class and the Rachael-Martha Continuum
Chapter Nine: Evolution: How Did We Get Here and What's On Next?