A Bite Off Mama's Plate: Mothers' and Daughters' Connections through Food
by Miriam Meyers
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Author: Miriam MeyersEdition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2001-09-12
ISBN: 0897897889
Number of pages: 208
Publisher: Bergin & Garvey Trade
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Book Review: For Every Woman
Summary: 5 Stars
A Bite off Mama's Plate is a trip through time and into every woman's heart. Each chapter will bring to mind analogous events in the reader's life. Perhaps readers will record spinoffs in the Foxfire tradition for their own families to treasure.As we approach the holidays, it is vital to remember the words of one food writer: "Without food, plenty of it and lovingly prepared, we might kill one another."
And if you don't read it, you may never know what a "bosom biscuit" is, one of the most delicious symbols in the book.
Summary of A Bite Off Mama's Plate: Mothers' and Daughters' Connections through Food
Browse through the list of books that come out each year on women and food. The vast majority treat food as the enemy of women everywhere, either by pitching (or criticizing) the latest diet fad or by focusing on such problems as eating disorders, and parents' implication in them. Taking a different path, Miriam Meyers celebrates the positive role that food plays in women's lives, and in the relationship between mother and daughter. Despite the changes wrought by modern technology, the provision of food remains necessary to sustain physical, social, religious, and familial life. The idealized homemaker of the 1950s, working ceaselessly to achieve the perfectly clean home and perfectly arranged food, has all but disappeared from the American scene. While the ways we acquire and prepare our food has shifted, women still have primary responsibility for home food management, despite their increasing pursuit of other roles. With that responsibility comes considerable work, but it also affords women in families a special opportunity for companionship, communication, learning, and inspiration. Beginning with a look at food's place in the greater family, A Bite Off Mama's Plate explores the connections mothers and daughters enjoy in the kitchen and beyond. To illuminate those links, Meyers combines original research, encompassing focus groups, interviews, and a national survey, with personal memoir and a wide range of other sources. She shows, in women's own voices, how food offers, more than just nourishment for the body, something for the mind, heart, and soul.History Books
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