num_pages: 255
description: A series of fascinating chapters analyze cookery books through the ages. From the convenience-food cookbooks of the 1950s, to the 1980s rise in 'white trash' cookbooks, and the surprise success of the Two Fat Ladies books from the 1990s, leading author Sherrie Inness discusses how women have used such books over the years to protest social norms.
language: English
title: Secret Ingredients: Race, Gender, and Class at the Dinner Table
titlecomplete: Secret Ingredients: Race, Gender, and Class at the Dinner Table
genres: Nonfiction
ratings_count: 14
publisher: Palgrave Macmillan