Baking as Biography

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Baking as Biography

A Life Story in Recipes

Biography: general Autobiography: historical, political and military Cookery / food and drink / food writing

Author: Diane Tye

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Language: English

Published by: McGill-Queen's University Press

Published on: 1st May 2011

Format: LCP-protected ePub

Size: 2 Mb

ISBN: 9780773581364


Hidden among the simple lists of ingredients and directions for everyday foods are surprising stories.

In Baking as Biography, Diane Tye considers her mother’s recipe collection, reading between the lines of the aging index cards to provide a candid and nuanced portrait of one woman’s life as mother, minister’s wife, and participant in local Maritime women’s networks.

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