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Posts Tagged ‘cooking’

Of Cooking & Gender

October 7th, 2009 | 5 Comments

After reading The New York Magazine’s list of the Top 20 Chef Empires, and perusing a few culinary books I’d borrowed from the library, I was struck, dumbstruck actually, that all save one of those twenty names are those of men. Many would argue that the age of modern cookery was of the turn of [...]

Tags: cooking, Food, gender, Men, Professions, Women
Posted in Food, Men, Women | 5 Comments »

Edwardian Gastronomy

December 13th, 2007 | 1 Comment

According to British restaurant critic, Giles Coren,”a hundred years ago, British food was in its golden age, with the arrival of the great restaurant, the celebrity chef, exotic new dishes, and gargantuan 12 course meals.” Leading the way was, of course, King Edward VII. When Prince of Wales, he had swept aside both the lengthy [...]

Tags: chefs, cooking, dining, Food, restaurants
Posted in Food, London, Social History | 1 Comment »