Casseroles, Can Openers, and Jell-O provides insight on how American Food culture developed during the early years of the Cold War.
For anyone wanting to better understand how America\'s Food culture developed during the mid-twentieth century and for those who were raised on TV dinners and Campbell\'s soup, the book offers an engaging and evocative look at the story of American cuisine during the early years of the Cold War..
Featuring eighty recipes, the book shows how the Food industry promoted new processed foods to an increasingly industrialized nation.
Highlighting gender roles, the promotion of democracy and capitalism, and the impact of mass market advertising, the book draws on cookbooks, popular magazines, television advertisements, government publications, and industry pamphlets to paint a vivid picture of what Americans ate and how Food was enlisted as a symbol of America\'s postwar dominance.
Casseroles, Can Openers, and Jell-O provides insight on how American Food culture developed during the early years of the Cold War
