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Cons

The author seems to be covering up his lack of research with a rather maudlin bonding with a fellow cook. Better sources are biography magazine's article about her and leavitt's typhoid captive to the public's health.

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Quality


The best parts of the book detail what goes on in a busy kitchen the psychology of how cooks think about patrons and the role t...  Read More


He does this without whitewashing extraordinarily well


There is also a lot of intersting material on how cleanliness in the kitchens of the rich had become the rage around 1900


Short little paean to an unsung professional cook gone terribly wrong

Price


She left bequests totally 4650 when she died in 1938 from the money she saved while working in the laboratory

Shipping


This is a hard to find book that arrived within 10 days of ordering and in new condition

Competitiveness


Apparently she was an above average cook because she had an easier time staying employed than most cooks of the wealthy did at that time

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    irish, five and cooked.
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  • This product had a total of 1,088 reviews as of our last analysis date on Mar 4 2024.

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    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    Chef and author bourdain is deeply missed


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    Short little paean to an unsung professional cook gone terribly wrong


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    A slice of american mythology served through the eyes of another professional chef


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    If you dont know the story you should be aware that ms


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    She was a poor single irish immigrant who had to depend on her own efforts to make her way


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    In the early 1900s typhoid fever was a common disease


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    About one in ten who contracted it died


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    There was no treatment for it

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