Aunt Sammy's Radio Recipes

Aunt Sammy's Radio Recipes
Author: Justin Nordstrom
Publisher: University of Arkansas Press
Total Pages: 213
Release: 2018-06-25
Genre: Cooking
ISBN: 1610756371

From the 1920s through the 1940s, American kitchens had a welcome guest in “Aunt Sammy,” a creation of the US Department of Agriculture and its Bureau of Home Economics. Through the radio program Housekeeper’s Chat, Aunt Sammy gave lively advice on food preparation, household chores, parenting and children, and gender dynamics as she encouraged women to embrace the radio and a host of modern consumer household products. The recipes she shared were gathered, in 1927, into a cookbook that became a valuable household manual for tens of thousands of Americans. Aunt Sammy’s Radio Recipes revives the famous cookbook and joins it with extensive excerpts from the accompanying radio broadcasts, providing a fascinating study of how a witty and charming fictionalized personae became one of the early celebrity chefs of the radio age.

Book Bulletin

Book Bulletin
Author: Chicago Public Library
Publisher:
Total Pages: 652
Release: 1926
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