Vedat itibaren Charda, Gujarat 385310, India
Great Book! My favorite Dostoyevski novel.
This is in the style of an academic treatise and it suffers from the normal repetitiveness of most academic work so is not a particularly enjoyable book to read, but still worthwhile. I found it referenced in several threads about The Help. What I enjoyed most was the history of food and food preparation and food products and learned (so late in life!) that Baking Powder is really a blend of baking soda and cream of tartar. I loved that the author referenced Mama Dips in Chapel Hill. I enjoyed the part about African Americans reclaiming the Aunt Jemima image in ironic art work and installations. I liked the discussion of "living out" rather than rooming in. And I will never be able to consider Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings again without thinking about what terrible person she was to her African American cook.