<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<GoodreadsResponse>
	<Request>
		<authentication>false</authentication>
		    <method><![CDATA[]]></method>
	</Request>
	\
<book id="345923">
  <id>345923</id>
  <title><![CDATA[Something from the Oven: Reinventing Dinner in 1950s America]]></title>
  <isbn><![CDATA[014303491X]]></isbn>
  <isbn13><![CDATA[9780143034919]]></isbn13>
  <image-url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173924672m/345923.jpg</image-url>
  
    <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173924672m/345923.jpg</image_url>
        <description><![CDATA[]]></description>
    <work>
  <best_book_id type="integer">345923</best_book_id>
  <books_count type="integer">4</books_count>
  <id type="integer">1286243</id>
  <media_type nil="true"></media_type>
  <original_language_id type="integer" nil="true"></original_language_id>
  <original_publication_day type="integer" nil="true"></original_publication_day>
  <original_publication_month type="integer" nil="true"></original_publication_month>
  <original_publication_year type="integer">2004</original_publication_year>
  <original_title>Something from the Oven: Reinventing Dinner in 1950s America</original_title>
  <rating_dist>total:113|5:22|4:49|3:36|2:4|1:2|</rating_dist>
  <ratings_count type="integer">113</ratings_count>
  <ratings_sum type="integer">424</ratings_sum>
  <reviews_count type="integer">267</reviews_count>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">31</text_reviews_count>
</work>

  <average_rating><![CDATA[3.75]]></average_rating>
  <ratings_count><![CDATA[99]]></ratings_count>
  <text_reviews_count><![CDATA[26]]></text_reviews_count>
  <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/345923.Something_from_the_Oven_Reinventing_Dinner_in_1950s_America]]></url>
  <authors>
          <author id="95546">
        <name><![CDATA[Laura Shapiro]]></name>
        <role><![CDATA[]]></role>
        <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/95546.Laura_Shapiro]]></url>
        <average_rating><![CDATA[3.67]]></average_rating>
        <ratings_count><![CDATA[291]]></ratings_count>
        <text_reviews_count><![CDATA[84]]></text_reviews_count>
      </author>
      </authors>
    <reviews start="1" end="20" total="267">
      <review id="39187532">
    <user id="925023">
    <name><![CDATA[Paula]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[New York, NY]]></location>        
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/925023-paula]]></url>
    <image><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto-F-111x148.jpg]]></image>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">345923</id>
  <isbn>014303491X</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780143034919</isbn13>
  <ratings_count type="integer">99</ratings_count>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">26</text_reviews_count>
  <title>Something from the Oven: Reinventing Dinner in 1950s America</title>
  <average_rating>3.75</average_rating>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173924672m/345923.jpg</image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/345923.Something_from_the_Oven_Reinventing_Dinner_in_1950s_America</link>
</book>

    <rating>5</rating>
  <votes>1</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
    
      <shelf name="read" />
    
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at></read_at>
  <date_added>Wed Dec 03 07:14:06 -0800 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Fri Dec 05 15:12:12 -0800 2008</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[Fascinating history of the food industry's determination to make women want packaged food. Manipulation at it's cleverest. Apparently even working  women preferred homemade dinners until they were convinced otherwise. Shapiro is especialy good discussing food writers like Peg Bracken and M.F. K. Fis...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/39187532">more...</a>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/39187532]]></url>
</review>
      <review id="24740902">
    <user id="213556">
    <name><![CDATA[Maryalice]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Canada]]></location>        
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/213556-maryalice]]></url>
    <image><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto-F-111x148.jpg]]></image>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">345923</id>
  <isbn>014303491X</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780143034919</isbn13>
  <ratings_count type="integer">99</ratings_count>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">26</text_reviews_count>
  <title>Something from the Oven: Reinventing Dinner in 1950s America</title>
  <average_rating>3.75</average_rating>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173924672m/345923.jpg</image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/345923.Something_from_the_Oven_Reinventing_Dinner_in_1950s_America</link>
</book>

    <rating>5</rating>
  <votes>1</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
    
      <shelf name="read" />
    
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Sun Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Tue Jun 17 15:22:41 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Tue Jun 17 15:26:33 -0700 2008</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[How did the food manufacturers and Madison Avenue convince the American public that convenient food = desirable food? How did they get housewives -- who prided their cake-making expertise as an important work skill -- to accept cake mixes? What food (and foodstuff - gotta love that word) took off, a...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/24740902">more...</a>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/24740902]]></url>
</review>
      <review id="19396810">
    <user id="807675">
    <name><![CDATA[Ellen]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Philadelphia, PA]]></location>        
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/807675-ellen]]></url>
    <image><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1236650862p3/807675.jpg]]></image>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">345923</id>
  <isbn>014303491X</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780143034919</isbn13>
  <ratings_count type="integer">99</ratings_count>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">26</text_reviews_count>
  <title>Something from the Oven: Reinventing Dinner in 1950s America</title>
  <average_rating>3.75</average_rating>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173924672m/345923.jpg</image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/345923.Something_from_the_Oven_Reinventing_Dinner_in_1950s_America</link>
</book>

    <rating>2</rating>
  <votes>1</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
    
      <shelf name="read" />
    
          <shelf name="non-fiction" />
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at></read_at>
  <date_added>Thu Apr 03 14:58:33 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Apr 03 15:00:57 -0700 2008</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[This book was interesting but reading it I felt manipulated by the food industry. Then annoyed that women's lib-ers seem to think that cooking is a waste of time or somehow not fulfilling for women. It mostly left me wanting to cook a lot and especially from scratch.]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/19396810]]></url>
</review>
      <review id="56186637">
    <user id="1951663">
    <name><![CDATA[Laura]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Front Royal, VA]]></location>        
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1951663-laura]]></url>
    <image><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1249170996p3/1951663.jpg]]></image>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">345923</id>
  <isbn>014303491X</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780143034919</isbn13>
  <ratings_count type="integer">99</ratings_count>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">26</text_reviews_count>
  <title>Something from the Oven: Reinventing Dinner in 1950s America</title>
  <average_rating>3.75</average_rating>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173924672m/345923.jpg</image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/345923.Something_from_the_Oven_Reinventing_Dinner_in_1950s_America</link>
</book>

    <rating>2</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
    
      <shelf name="read" />
    
          <shelf name="non-fiction" />
          <shelf name="social-history" />
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Wed Jul 22 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Fri May 15 10:55:04 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sat Jul 25 13:56:45 -0700 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[Shapiro's book is at its most interesting when she is discussing the cultural trends that created the packaged food industry and such icons as Betty Crocker. I was less interested in the section of mini-biographies of &quot;big names&quot; in the food industry such as Poppy Cannon. I also found myse...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/56186637">more...</a>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/56186637]]></url>
</review>
      <review id="41824875">
    <user id="107184">
    <name><![CDATA[Patty]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Moorestown, NJ]]></location>        
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/107184-patty]]></url>
    <image><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1180796099p3/107184.jpg]]></image>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">345923</id>
  <isbn>014303491X</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780143034919</isbn13>
  <ratings_count type="integer">99</ratings_count>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">26</text_reviews_count>
  <title>Something from the Oven: Reinventing Dinner in 1950s America</title>
  <average_rating>3.75</average_rating>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173924672m/345923.jpg</image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/345923.Something_from_the_Oven_Reinventing_Dinner_in_1950s_America</link>
</book>

    <rating>3</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
    
      <shelf name="read" />
    
          <shelf name="kitchen-tales" />
          <shelf name="non-fiction" />
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at></read_at>
  <date_added>Sun Jan 04 07:27:42 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Mon Jan 12 19:10:40 -0800 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[Interesting, BUT it could have used an editor. For example, there were lots of opportunities for more photographs, but the density of the text and the size of the print made the book more difficult to read. Looks matter. There is one illustration of the first Betty Crocker, but none showing how she ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/41824875">more...</a>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/41824875]]></url>
</review>
      <review id="22183534">
    <user id="137566">
    <name><![CDATA[Kate]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[San Francisco, CA]]></location>        
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/137566-kate]]></url>
    <image><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1182189975p3/137566.jpg]]></image>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">345923</id>
  <isbn>014303491X</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780143034919</isbn13>
  <ratings_count type="integer">99</ratings_count>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">26</text_reviews_count>
  <title>Something from the Oven: Reinventing Dinner in 1950s America</title>
  <average_rating>3.75</average_rating>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173924672m/345923.jpg</image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/345923.Something_from_the_Oven_Reinventing_Dinner_in_1950s_America</link>
</book>

    <rating>5</rating>
  <votes>1</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
    
      <shelf name="read" />
    
          <shelf name="foodwriting" />
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at></read_at>
  <date_added>Tue May 13 16:27:26 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Tue May 13 16:49:18 -0700 2008</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[This book is partly about food, and partly about the lives of women during the 1940s, 50s and 60s. It uses food and cooking to track the daily lives and expectations of women during those decades -- and also some of the marketing and media driving the status quo. But most entertaingly, it goes a lon...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/22183534">more...</a>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/22183534]]></url>
</review>
      <review id="13829580">
    <user id="384163">
    <name><![CDATA[Kristen]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Bismarck, ND]]></location>        
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/384163-kristen]]></url>
    <image><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1199672557p3/384163.jpg]]></image>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">1297100</id>
  <isbn>0670871540</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780670871544</isbn13>
  <ratings_count type="integer">11</ratings_count>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">4</text_reviews_count>
  <title>Something From the Oven: Reinventing Dinner in 1950s America</title>
  <average_rating>3.75</average_rating>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1182570693m/1297100.jpg</image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1297100.Something_From_the_Oven_Reinventing_Dinner_in_1950s_America</link>
</book>

    <rating>4</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
    
      <shelf name="read" />
    
          <shelf name="food" />
          <shelf name="fromlibrary" />
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Sun Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2006</read_at>
  <date_added>Mon Jan 28 10:18:04 -0800 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Mon Jan 28 10:18:34 -0800 2008</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[This book is basically about the classic 1950s+ convenience meals and how what was marketed (and thus what we remember) doesn't entirely match what really happened. Women kept making things from scratch (and enjoying it) at a higher rate than pop culture history has you believe.<br/><br/>She does ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/13829580">more...</a>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/13829580]]></url>
</review>
      <review id="2119207">
    <user id="8384">
    <name><![CDATA[amy]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Philadelphia, PA]]></location>        
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/8384-amy]]></url>
    <image><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1211499803p3/8384.jpg]]></image>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">345923</id>
  <isbn>014303491X</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780143034919</isbn13>
  <ratings_count type="integer">99</ratings_count>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">26</text_reviews_count>
  <title>Something from the Oven: Reinventing Dinner in 1950s America</title>
  <average_rating>3.75</average_rating>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173924672m/345923.jpg</image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/345923.Something_from_the_Oven_Reinventing_Dinner_in_1950s_America</link>
</book>

    <rating>5</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
    
      <shelf name="read" />
    
          <shelf name="favorites" />
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Fri Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007</read_at>
  <date_added>Tue Jun 19 10:44:05 -0700 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sun Jul 12 08:24:24 -0700 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[A fantastic book about the relationship between food and feminism in 1950s America.  The actual period covered includes wartime and postwar habits of American home cooks, and ends with the nearly simultaneous and similarly explosive debuts of Julia Child's The French Cook and Betty Friedan's The Fem...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2119207">more...</a>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2119207]]></url>
</review>
      <review id="79656471">
    <user id="1967372">
    <name><![CDATA[Sarah]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Seattle, WA]]></location>        
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1967372-sarah]]></url>
    <image><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1233175105p3/1967372.jpg]]></image>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">345923</id>
  <isbn>014303491X</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780143034919</isbn13>
  <ratings_count type="integer">99</ratings_count>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">26</text_reviews_count>
  <title>Something from the Oven: Reinventing Dinner in 1950s America</title>
  <average_rating>3.75</average_rating>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173924672m/345923.jpg</image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/345923.Something_from_the_Oven_Reinventing_Dinner_in_1950s_America</link>
</book>

    <rating>0</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
    
      <shelf name="read" />
    
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Mon Dec 14 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Wed Dec 02 11:21:03 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Tue Dec 15 15:53:14 -0800 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[Certainly this book made me look at certain food, food preparation, and home cooking in a new and historical way. However, the most powerful subjects were the women themselves and the path of women's lives in this time period. How women's roles changes and flexing so dramatically with World War II a...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/79656471">more...</a>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/79656471]]></url>
</review>
      <review id="52209850">
    <user id="1628041">
    <name><![CDATA[F Tessa]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Milwaukee, WI]]></location>        
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1628041-f-tessa]]></url>
    <image><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto-F-111x148.jpg]]></image>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">345923</id>
  <isbn>014303491X</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780143034919</isbn13>
  <ratings_count type="integer">99</ratings_count>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">26</text_reviews_count>
  <title>Something from the Oven: Reinventing Dinner in 1950s America</title>
  <average_rating>3.75</average_rating>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173924672m/345923.jpg</image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/345923.Something_from_the_Oven_Reinventing_Dinner_in_1950s_America</link>
</book>

    <rating>1</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
    
      <shelf name="read" />
    
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Thu Mar 13 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Fri Apr 10 11:55:41 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Fri Apr 10 11:56:34 -0700 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[I couldn't even finish this. It had just promise. It could have been interesting, but it reads more like a sociology text book. I gave up after 90 pages. ]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/52209850]]></url>
</review>
      <review id="70389785">
    <user id="2465007">
    <name><![CDATA[Bethany]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Rio Vista, TX]]></location>        
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/2465007-bethany]]></url>
    <image><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1252385018p3/2465007.jpg]]></image>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">345923</id>
  <isbn>014303491X</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780143034919</isbn13>
  <ratings_count type="integer">99</ratings_count>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">26</text_reviews_count>
  <title>Something from the Oven: Reinventing Dinner in 1950s America</title>
  <average_rating>3.75</average_rating>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173924672m/345923.jpg</image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/345923.Something_from_the_Oven_Reinventing_Dinner_in_1950s_America</link>
</book>

    <rating>5</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
    
          <shelf name="currently-reading" />
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Mon Sep 07 14:46:42 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Mon Sep 07 14:45:23 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Mon Sep 07 14:48:31 -0700 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[Such an interesting topic to me...I can't wait to learn more of how our society has landed where we are in the regard.]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/70389785]]></url>
</review>
      <review id="4993736">
    <user id="255129">
    <name><![CDATA[Smizler]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Hamburg, NY]]></location>        
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/255129-smizler]]></url>
    <image><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1244776985p3/255129.jpg]]></image>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">345923</id>
  <isbn>014303491X</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780143034919</isbn13>
  <ratings_count type="integer">99</ratings_count>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">26</text_reviews_count>
  <title>Something from the Oven: Reinventing Dinner in 1950s America</title>
  <average_rating>3.75</average_rating>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173924672m/345923.jpg</image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/345923.Something_from_the_Oven_Reinventing_Dinner_in_1950s_America</link>
</book>

    <rating>3</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
    
      <shelf name="read" />
    
          <shelf name="food" />
          <shelf name="historical" />
          <shelf name="learning" />
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Tue Aug 04 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Thu Aug 23 07:30:22 -0700 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Aug 05 05:41:47 -0700 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[This book was ok. I have other books on the food industry and cooking in America that were more to my liking. This book did contain some gems though. I was irate over what the ad execs were able to do to change the roll of food and cooking in this country. It is a look at how we ended up with such h...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4993736">more...</a>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4993736]]></url>
</review>
      <review id="33549327">
    <user id="934422">
    <name><![CDATA[Alex]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[New Brunswick, NJ]]></location>        
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/934422-alex]]></url>
    <image><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1204002166p3/934422.jpg]]></image>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">1297100</id>
  <isbn>0670871540</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780670871544</isbn13>
  <ratings_count type="integer">11</ratings_count>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">4</text_reviews_count>
  <title>Something From the Oven: Reinventing Dinner in 1950s America</title>
  <average_rating>3.75</average_rating>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1182570693m/1297100.jpg</image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1297100.Something_From_the_Oven_Reinventing_Dinner_in_1950s_America</link>
</book>

    <rating>5</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
    
      <shelf name="read" />
    
          <shelf name="history-general" />
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Wed Sep 10 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Mon Sep 22 14:52:17 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Mon Sep 22 15:30:05 -0700 2008</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[Excellent book on the delta-food in American culture from 1940ish to 1970. Frozen, canned, etc - the way the american table changed was complex and very corporate driven (perhaps this shouldn't be a surprise...) and Shapiro does an excellent job of laying out how it all happened with a focus on the ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/33549327">more...</a>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/33549327]]></url>
</review>
      <review id="20850388">
    <user id="624707">
    <name><![CDATA[JulieK]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Seattle, WA]]></location>        
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/624707-juliek]]></url>
    <image><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1204089906p3/624707.jpg]]></image>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">1297100</id>
  <isbn>0670871540</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780670871544</isbn13>
  <ratings_count type="integer">11</ratings_count>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">4</text_reviews_count>
  <title>Something From the Oven: Reinventing Dinner in 1950s America</title>
  <average_rating>3.75</average_rating>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1182570693m/1297100.jpg</image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1297100.Something_From_the_Oven_Reinventing_Dinner_in_1950s_America</link>
</book>

    <rating>4</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
    
      <shelf name="read" />
    
          <shelf name="food" />
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Mon Sep 08 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Wed Apr 23 21:38:33 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Mon Sep 08 21:21:00 -0700 2008</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[This is mostly about the rise of &quot;convenience foods&quot; in the 1940s and 1950s and how they changed (and didn't change) Americans' cooking and eating habits - but also delves a bit into the growth of gourmet/good-food culture (Julia Child, M.F.K. Fisher), and even further afield into women's ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/20850388">more...</a>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/20850388]]></url>
</review>
      <review id="10413884">
    <user id="317722">
    <name><![CDATA[Dave]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Minneapolis, MN]]></location>        
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/317722-dave]]></url>
    <image><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1188343226p3/317722.jpg]]></image>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">345923</id>
  <isbn>014303491X</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780143034919</isbn13>
  <ratings_count type="integer">99</ratings_count>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">26</text_reviews_count>
  <title>Something from the Oven: Reinventing Dinner in 1950s America</title>
  <average_rating>3.75</average_rating>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173924672m/345923.jpg</image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/345923.Something_from_the_Oven_Reinventing_Dinner_in_1950s_America</link>
</book>

    <rating>4</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
    
      <shelf name="read" />
    
          <shelf name="foodlore" />
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at></read_at>
  <date_added>Fri Dec 14 07:38:02 -0800 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Fri Dec 14 07:48:13 -0800 2007</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[This a very good book that analyzes the incredible sea change that occurred in American dining habits in the 1950s (and many of those changes are a strong part of American culture today). Technology, demographic changes and cultural attitudes, to mention a few, all had major roles in this transforma...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/10413884">more...</a>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/10413884]]></url>
</review>
      <review id="793406">
    <user id="48078">
    <name><![CDATA[Jess]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[San Francisco, CA]]></location>        
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/48078-jess]]></url>
    <image><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto-F-111x148.jpg]]></image>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">345923</id>
  <isbn>014303491X</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780143034919</isbn13>
  <ratings_count type="integer">99</ratings_count>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">26</text_reviews_count>
  <title>Something from the Oven: Reinventing Dinner in 1950s America</title>
  <average_rating>3.75</average_rating>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173924672m/345923.jpg</image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/345923.Something_from_the_Oven_Reinventing_Dinner_in_1950s_America</link>
</book>

    <rating>4</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
    
      <shelf name="read" />
    
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Fri Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2006</read_at>
  <date_added>Thu Apr 19 10:08:18 -0700 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Dec 16 18:11:51 -0800 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[Laura let the sources speak in this book which is exactly why it's so good. She turned upside down the idea that all women in 1950s America were cooking from cans and boxed mixes. She makes the point that this is what the advertisers who tried to sell these products would have you believe. Underneat...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/793406">more...</a>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/793406]]></url>
</review>
      <review id="42936934">
    <user id="1273096">
    <name><![CDATA[Kim]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Nashville, TN]]></location>        
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1273096-kim]]></url>
    <image><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto-F-111x148.jpg]]></image>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">345923</id>
  <isbn>014303491X</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780143034919</isbn13>
  <ratings_count type="integer">99</ratings_count>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">26</text_reviews_count>
  <title>Something from the Oven: Reinventing Dinner in 1950s America</title>
  <average_rating>3.75</average_rating>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173924672m/345923.jpg</image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/345923.Something_from_the_Oven_Reinventing_Dinner_in_1950s_America</link>
</book>

    <rating>0</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
    
      <shelf name="read" />
    
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at></read_at>
  <date_added>Tue Jan 13 13:28:23 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Fri Jan 30 09:27:31 -0800 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[Very informative, traces food history back to the great hunger.]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/42936934]]></url>
</review>
      <review id="1503420">
    <user id="102314">
    <name><![CDATA[Jessica]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Weymouth, MA]]></location>        
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/102314-jessica]]></url>
    <image><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1191239291p3/102314.jpg]]></image>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">345923</id>
  <isbn>014303491X</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780143034919</isbn13>
  <ratings_count type="integer">99</ratings_count>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">26</text_reviews_count>
  <title>Something from the Oven: Reinventing Dinner in 1950s America</title>
  <average_rating>3.75</average_rating>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173924672m/345923.jpg</image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/345923.Something_from_the_Oven_Reinventing_Dinner_in_1950s_America</link>
</book>

    <rating>4</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
    
      <shelf name="read" />
    
          <shelf name="feminism" />
          <shelf name="food" />
          <shelf name="non-fiction" />
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2005</read_at>
  <date_added>Mon May 28 19:31:05 -0700 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Dec 16 20:16:15 -0800 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[&quot;Something From the Oven&quot; was a fun &amp; easy read that was packed with lots of interesting factoids. This book discusses how the American food culture changed in the decade or two after World War II. There are chapters on how the media influenced the American housewives' food-buying decision...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1503420">more...</a>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1503420]]></url>
</review>
      <review id="25207340">
    <user id="257116">
    <name><![CDATA[D.]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Blacksburg, VA]]></location>        
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/257116-d]]></url>
    <image><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1186493257p3/257116.jpg]]></image>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">345923</id>
  <isbn>014303491X</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780143034919</isbn13>
  <ratings_count type="integer">99</ratings_count>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">26</text_reviews_count>
  <title>Something from the Oven: Reinventing Dinner in 1950s America</title>
  <average_rating>3.75</average_rating>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173924672m/345923.jpg</image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/345923.Something_from_the_Oven_Reinventing_Dinner_in_1950s_America</link>
</book>

    <rating>5</rating>
  <votes>1</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
    
      <shelf name="read" />
    
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Tue Jul 15 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Mon Jun 23 09:51:09 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Tue Jul 15 09:20:36 -0700 2008</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[I've always had a weird obsession with the 50s--the food, cocktail culture, the kitchenware--so I was excited to see this book.  I found it quite interesting because it explained so much about why we eat the way we do, both on a national level and on a more personal level (my grandmother's ambrosia ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/25207340">more...</a>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/25207340]]></url>
</review>
      <review id="15722964">
    <user id="251564">
    <name><![CDATA[Nancy]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[San Luis Obispo, CA]]></location>        
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/251564-nancy]]></url>
    <image><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1186205577p3/251564.jpg]]></image>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">345923</id>
  <isbn>014303491X</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780143034919</isbn13>
  <ratings_count type="integer">99</ratings_count>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">26</text_reviews_count>
  <title>Something from the Oven: Reinventing Dinner in 1950s America</title>
  <average_rating>3.75</average_rating>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173924672m/345923.jpg</image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/345923.Something_from_the_Oven_Reinventing_Dinner_in_1950s_America</link>
</book>

    <rating>5</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
    
      <shelf name="read" />
    
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Sun Sep 13 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Mon Feb 18 14:37:48 -0800 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sat Sep 19 11:28:38 -0700 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[Delightful from start to finish. I especially appreciated her chapter on the &quot;literature of domestic chaos&quot; since Betty MacDonald is one of my favorite authors. I was so glad to learn of others from that period besides MacDonald and Jackson, but eh they were mostly terrible. I was especial...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/15722964">more...</a>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/15722964]]></url>
</review>
    </reviews>
  <popular_shelves>
          <shelf name="to-read" />
          <shelf name="food" />
          <shelf name="non-fiction" />
          <shelf name="history" />
          <shelf name="nonfiction" />
          <shelf name="currently-reading" />
          <shelf name="women" />
          <shelf name="food-writing" />
          <shelf name="cookery" />
      </popular_shelves>
  <book_links>
    <book_link id="8">
  <name><![CDATA[WorldCat]]></name>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=345923</link>
</book_link>
  </book_links>
</book>
</GoodreadsResponse>