Setting the Table for Julia Child : Gourmet Dining in America, 1934–1961 /

Strauss, David, 1937-

Setting the Table for Julia Child : Gourmet Dining in America, 1934–1961 / David Strauss. - 1 online resource (352 pages): illustrations (some color) - Book collections on Project MUSE. .

Food fights in twentieth-century America : the good life versus the healthy life -- Building a foundation for gourmet dining in America -- Origins, rituals, and menus of gourmet dining societies, 1934-1961 -- Selectivity and publicity in the gourmet dining movement -- Beating the Nazis with truffles and tripe : the early years of "Gourmet : the magazine of good living" -- Gourmet's gastronomic tours : Samuel Chamberlain and his bouquets -- From readers to cooks? : the impact of Gourmet/gourmet recipes -- Julia and Simca : a Franco-American culinary alliance.

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Gourmet.


Manners and customs.
Gourmets.
Food--Social aspects.
Food habits.
Dinners and dining.
Cooking, American.
Gourmets--Histoire--États-Unis--20e siecle.
Habitudes alimentaires--Histoire--États-Unis--20e siecle.
Aliments--Aspect social--Histoire--États-Unis--20e siecle.
Cuisine americaine--Histoire--20e siecle.
Dinners and dining--History--United States--20th century.
Gourmets--History--United States--20th century.
Food habits--History--United States--20th century.
Food--Social aspects--History--United States--20th century.
Cooking, American--History--20th century.


United States.
États-Unis--Moeurs et coutumes--1918-1945.
États-Unis--Moeurs et coutumes--1945-1970.
United States--Social life and customs--1918-1945.
United States--Social life and customs--1945-1970.


History.
Electronic books.