Before women had the right to vote, they baked election cakes as a way to participate in democracy. A look at the American history and revival of elections cakes.
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Before women had the right to vote, they baked election cakes as a way to participate in democracy. A look at the American history and revival of elections cakes.
Mary Fawzy explores sexism and patriarchy in the professional kitchen, and the rich contribution of grandmothers that so often gets left out.
Elisabeth Fondell takes us to her grandmother’s table in Nome, Alaska in the 1960s, via the pages of the local community cookbook, the kind of book that helped share American cookbook culture.
Writer Claiborne Williams Mildé brings us into the history of women food writers and journalists and their influence on the industry.