Wild Women in the Kitchen: 101 Rambunctious Recipes & 99 Tasty Tales

ISBN: 1573240303

Author: Nicole Alper

Condition: New

Not Your Typical Betty Crocker CookbookFeminism meets cooking in this addition to the Wild Woman series, pairing recipes by famous female chefs Lynett Rohrer and Nicole Alper with food trivia, stories, and quotes by women.So you think a womans place is in the kitchen. With Betty Drapers and make me a sandwich mantras, its easy to forget that women have been cooking up a storm for quite some time. Catherine deMedici was the Johnny Appleseed of Italian food. Nancy Hart shot a Royalist soldier for barging in and interrupting dinner. Turns out, these women really can take the heat. Maybe its best to stay out of their kitchen.Unconventional females and unconditionally good food. Part cookbook, and part womens history, Wild Women in the Kitchen features 101 recipes to complement the culinary contributions of famous females. With starter recipes curated specifically to these tough cookies, this book replaces female stereotypes with empowering, historical context. Inside, learn about Cleopatra's orgiastic oysters and: Break bread with Golda Meir Serve cucumber sandwiches in Natalie Barneys Parisian salon Bring over Canard a lorange like Catherine deMediciIf youre in need of a feminist cookbook, and enjoyed reads like The Little House Cookbook, Women's Libation!, The Little Women Cookbook, or A Woman's Place; then youll savor Wild Women in the Kitchen.