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Kitchen Secrets: The Meaning of Cooking in Everyday Life Frances Short
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Kitchen Secrets: The Meaning of Cooking in Everyday Life
Frances Short
Explores the thoughts, values and opinions of home cooks, their practices and experiences, and the skills and knowledge they use to prepare and provide food. This book offers new ways of thinking about cooking, examining and often contesting commonly-held beliefs and theories about the role of practical cookery lessons.
Marc Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index; Who cares about cooking? -- Who knows about cooking? -- What do cooks think of cooking? -- Who can cook? -- What is a cook? -- What do cooks cook, and why? -- So how is cooking? -- What to do about cooking -- Extracts from interviews. Biographical Note: Frances Short is an independent scholar and Visiting Researcher, London Metropolitan University. Table of Contents: Introduction * Who cares about cooking? * Who knows about cooking? * What do cooks think about cooking? * Who can cook? * What is a cook? * What do cooks cook, and why? * So how is cooking? * What to do about cooking Review Citations:
Choice 12/01/2006 pg. 664 (EAN 9781845202743, Hardcover)
Choice 12/01/2006 pg. 664 (EAN 9781845202767, Paperback)
Contributor Bio: Short, Frances Frances Short is an independent writer and researcher and is an associate lecturer at the Open University.
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | April 1, 2006 |
| ISBN13 | 9781845202743 |
| Publishers | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
| Pages | 224 |
| Dimensions | 156 × 234 × 17 mm · 403 g |
| Language | English |
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