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Kitchens : the New Zealand kitchen in the 20th century / Helen Leach.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Dunedin, New Zealand : Otago University Press, 2014Description: 330 pages : illustrations (some colour) ; 27 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781877578373
  • 1877578371
Other title:
  • New Zealand kitchen in the 20th century
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • TX653 .L43 2014
Contents:
1900: cookery for the new century: The importance of kitchens ; Menus, meals, dishes ; The structure of the book -- 1900-1909: Scullery sinks and kitchen tables: Menus, meals, dishes ; Kitchen equipment ; Kitchen layout -- 1910-1919: The advent of stainless steel and ovenproof glass: Menus, meals, dishes ; Kitchen equipment ; Kitchen layout -- 1920-1929: Electricity challenges gas: Menus, meals, dishes ; Kitchen equipment ; Kitchen layout -- 1930-1939: Refrigerators for the rich, compact kitchens for the rest: Menus, meals, dishes ; Kitchen equipment ; Kitchen layout -- 1940-1949: Rationing, Ranzware and other wartime restrictions: Food rationing and shortages ; Menus, meals, dishes ; Kitchen equipment ; Kitchen layout -- 1950-1959: A "fridge" (and pressure cooker) in every kitchen: Menus, meals, dishes ; Kitchen equipment ; Kitchen layout -- 1960-1969: Supermarkets, electric frypans and "international" dishes: New foods ; Menus, meals, dishes ; Kitchen equipment ; Kitchen layout -- 1970-1979: Metrics, ceramics and pyromatics: Metrication and food trends ; Menus, meals, dishes ; Kitchen equipment ; Kitchen layout -- 1980-1989: Restructuring, inside and outside the kitchen: Menus, meals, dishes ; Kitchen equipment ; Kitchen layout and design -- 1990-1999: Small households and super-sized appliances: Menus, meals, dishes ; Kitchen equipment ; Kitchen layout and design -- 2000: The 20th-century New Zealand kitchen.
Summary: "This engrossing history of the domestic kitchen covers 10 decades that saw our culinary traditions accommodate extraordinary changes in technology and the irresistible process of globalisation. Each chapter surveys the external influences on households and their kitchens, samples the dishes prepared during the decade, and discusses the structure of meals. A study of kitchen equipment and design then closes each chapter, cumulatively revealing more innovation in these aspects than in what we ate"--Back cover.
Holdings
Item type Current library Collection Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Non-Fiction Davis (Central) Library Non-Fiction Non-Fiction 747.797 LEA 1 Checked out 04/04/2024 T00574409
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

This engrossing history of the domestic kitchen in New Zealand covers 10 decades that saw culinary traditions accommodate extraordinary changes in technology and the irresistible process of globalization. Each chapter surveys the external influences on households and their kitchens, samples the dishes prepared during the decade, and discusses the structure of meals. A study of kitchen equipment and design then closes each chapter, cumulatively revealing more innovation in these aspects than in what people ate. Kitchens is the culmination of a 10-year research and writing project by anthropologist Helen Leach, supported by the Marsden Fund of the Royal Society of New Zealand, focusing on the material culture of cooking by New Zealanders.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1900: cookery for the new century: The importance of kitchens ; Menus, meals, dishes ; The structure of the book -- 1900-1909: Scullery sinks and kitchen tables: Menus, meals, dishes ; Kitchen equipment ; Kitchen layout -- 1910-1919: The advent of stainless steel and ovenproof glass: Menus, meals, dishes ; Kitchen equipment ; Kitchen layout -- 1920-1929: Electricity challenges gas: Menus, meals, dishes ; Kitchen equipment ; Kitchen layout -- 1930-1939: Refrigerators for the rich, compact kitchens for the rest: Menus, meals, dishes ; Kitchen equipment ; Kitchen layout -- 1940-1949: Rationing, Ranzware and other wartime restrictions: Food rationing and shortages ; Menus, meals, dishes ; Kitchen equipment ; Kitchen layout -- 1950-1959: A "fridge" (and pressure cooker) in every kitchen: Menus, meals, dishes ; Kitchen equipment ; Kitchen layout -- 1960-1969: Supermarkets, electric frypans and "international" dishes: New foods ; Menus, meals, dishes ; Kitchen equipment ; Kitchen layout -- 1970-1979: Metrics, ceramics and pyromatics: Metrication and food trends ; Menus, meals, dishes ; Kitchen equipment ; Kitchen layout -- 1980-1989: Restructuring, inside and outside the kitchen: Menus, meals, dishes ; Kitchen equipment ; Kitchen layout and design -- 1990-1999: Small households and super-sized appliances: Menus, meals, dishes ; Kitchen equipment ; Kitchen layout and design -- 2000: The 20th-century New Zealand kitchen.

"This engrossing history of the domestic kitchen covers 10 decades that saw our culinary traditions accommodate extraordinary changes in technology and the irresistible process of globalisation. Each chapter surveys the external influences on households and their kitchens, samples the dishes prepared during the decade, and discusses the structure of meals. A study of kitchen equipment and design then closes each chapter, cumulatively revealing more innovation in these aspects than in what we ate"--Back cover.

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