Better Than Homemade

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Better Than Homemade

Americans pride themselves in their knack for innovation, and nowhere has Americaâ€™s can-do attitude been more apparent than at the supermarket.
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Need a cheese that is virtually indestructible? Want to find a way to stretch a pound of hamburger into a hearty main course for a family of five? Hard pressed for time to throw together a home-cooked meal? In the early decades of the twentieth century, and from the world wars to the cold wars, food producers and everyday dreamers met these challenges with the same ingenuity and resourcefulness that launched the country to the moon and back, with groundbreaking packaging, new technologies, and improvements on Mother Nature.
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Better Than Homemade is food biographer Carolyn Wymanâ€™s freewheeling and entertaining cultural history of the innovative packaged foods that changed the way we eat. With dozens of archival ads and original product shots of Hamburger Helper, Kraft Macaroni and Cheese, Minute Rice, Coffee-mate, Green Giant Canned Peas, Lipton Cup-a-Soup, Pillsbury Crescent Rollsâ€”and many more revolutionary productsâ€”Better Than Homemade highlights the fascinating stories behind the food inventions; the histories behind the brands and icons that have become synonymous with them; the jingles that have made them such a large part of our popular culture; and the recipes that have tutored generations of homemakers and comfort food master chefs.

Country	USA
Author	Carolyn Wyman
Binding	Paperback
Brand	Brand: Quirk Books
EAN	9781931686426
Feature	Used Book in Good Condition
ISBN	1931686424
Label	Quirk Books
Manufacturer	Quirk Books
NumberOfItems	1
NumberOfPages	144
PublicationDate	2004-08-01
Publisher	Quirk Books
ReleaseDate	2004-08-01
Studio	Quirk Books

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