Aunt Sammy's Radio Recipes
The Original 1927 Cookbook and Housekeeper's Chat
Seiten
2018
University of Arkansas Press (Verlag)
978-1-68226-061-6 (ISBN)
University of Arkansas Press (Verlag)
978-1-68226-061-6 (ISBN)
From the 1920s to the 1940s, American kitchens had a welcome guest in ""Aunt Sammy"", a creation on the radio of the US Department of Agriculture. Aunt Sammy's Radio Recipes revives the accompanying cookbook and joins it with excerpts from the radio broadcasts, providing a fascinating study of how a fictionalized personae became one of the early celebrity chefs of the radio age.
From the 1920s through the 1940s, American kitchens had a welcome guest in “Aunt Sammy,” a creation of the US Department of Agriculture and its Bureau of Home Economics. Through the radio program Housekeeper’s Chat, Aunt Sammy gave lively advice on food preparation, household chores, parenting and children, and gender dynamics as she encouraged women to embrace the radio and a host of modern consumer household products. The recipes she shared were gathered, in 1927, into a cookbook that became a valuable household manual for tens of thousands of Americans.
Aunt Sammy’s Radio Recipes revives the famous cookbook and joins it with extensive excerpts from the accompanying radio broadcasts, providing a fascinating study of how a witty and charming fictionalized personae became one of the early celebrity chefs of the radio age.
From the 1920s through the 1940s, American kitchens had a welcome guest in “Aunt Sammy,” a creation of the US Department of Agriculture and its Bureau of Home Economics. Through the radio program Housekeeper’s Chat, Aunt Sammy gave lively advice on food preparation, household chores, parenting and children, and gender dynamics as she encouraged women to embrace the radio and a host of modern consumer household products. The recipes she shared were gathered, in 1927, into a cookbook that became a valuable household manual for tens of thousands of Americans.
Aunt Sammy’s Radio Recipes revives the famous cookbook and joins it with extensive excerpts from the accompanying radio broadcasts, providing a fascinating study of how a witty and charming fictionalized personae became one of the early celebrity chefs of the radio age.
Justin Nordstrom is associate professor of history at Penn State’s Hazleton campus. He is the author of Danger on the Doorstep: Anti-Catholicism and American Print Culture in the Progressive Era.
| Erscheinungsdatum | 14.06.2018 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Food and Foodways |
| Zusatzinfo | 2 illustrations |
| Verlagsort | Fayetteville |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 152 x 229 mm |
| Gewicht | 330 g |
| Themenwelt | Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Essen / Trinken ► Grundkochbücher |
| Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Essen / Trinken ► Länderküchen | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-68226-061-5 / 1682260615 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-68226-061-6 / 9781682260616 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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