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Better Than Homemade

Amazing Food That Changed the Way We Eat

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Better Than Homemade

By: Carolyn Wyman
Narrated by: Nancy Wu
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Americans pride themselves in their knack for innovation, and nowhere has America’s can-do attitude been more apparent than at the supermarket. Need a cheese that is virtually indestructible? Want to find a way to stretch a pound of hamburger into a hearty main course for a family of five? Hard pressed for time to throw together a home-cooked meal? In the early decades of the 20th century, and from the world wars to the cold wars, food producers and everyday dreamers met these challenges with the same ingenuity and resourcefulness that launched the country to the moon and back, with groundbreaking packaging, new technologies, and improvements on Mother Nature.

Better Than Homemade is food biographer Carolyn Wyman’s freewheeling and entertaining cultural history of the innovative packaged foods that changed the way we eat. It highlights the fascinating stories behind the food inventions; the histories behind the brands and icons that have become synonymous with them; the jingles that have made them such a large part of our popular culture; and the recipes that have tutored generations of homemakers and comfort-food master chefs.

©2004 Carolyn Wyman (P)2009 Recorded Books Cooking Gastronomy Social Sciences
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" Let them eat cake. "

An humorous and fascinating look at short cut and 'instant' packaged food stuffs bought and loved him home cooks ( mostly) since WWII, including Cool Aid, instant mashed potato, Twinkies, Wonderbread, Spam, TV dinners, Cupasoup, I Can't Believe It's Not Butter and Coffee Mate. Ms.Wyman tells of how the product was created, when, how sold to the public and the response over time, plus anecdotes including related jokes or alternative uses. Relating mostly to American brands, some are unfamiliar European ears but are well described.
Unfortunately read too slowly by Nancy Wu, increasing playback speed also helps to mitigate her irritating nasal twang.
This book has obviously been well researched but put together in a clunky way, ending, without warning, with The End

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