Review: I didn't know, but now I do!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 09 26, 2012
Cooking up Gender: The Rhetoric of Cookbooks is an interesting commentary on the stereotypes of men and women when it comes to cooking. "Is it the egg or the chicken? Which came first?" Fisher shows a tremendous amount of research in making the argument that historical,  the publishers of cookbooks were instrumental in creating the stereotypes between the two to begin with. What intrigued me was the way Fisher demonstrates how the publishers use language, or the manipulation of language to create cookbooks that appeal to men verses the type of language used for traditional cookbooks.  I have never seen it in that light. I found this book to be very insightful, well thought out and entertaining and would recommend it!