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Dieting For Sins: New England Food Reformers
March 6, 2003
Barbara Haber curator, Schlesinger Library, Harvard University

Barbara Haber, author and curator of books at Harvard University's Schlesinger Library, looks at food reformist movements, including the 1889 New England Kitchen movement, during her discussion of New England culinary history.

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Image of From Hardtack to Homefries: An Uncommon History of American Cooks and Meals
Author: Barbara Haber
Publisher: Penguin (Non-Classics) (2003)
Binding: Paperback, 256 pages
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