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There is one theme the author never waivered from in this non-fiction book: that women immigrants to America in the past century brought the food of their home country and culture to America, overcoming prejudices against their food, their country, their color, their disabilities and their femaleness without claiming the accolades they deserve for the changes they wrought in the eating habits of America. Each of the first several chapters profiled women from China, Mexico, France, Jamaica, Ethio
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I thoroughly enjoyed this book. It was easy to read and accessible. And it made me hungry, both for the food mentioned and for more info about the subjects. I would call it 3.5/5, but rounded down to 3 because honestly the cover art is absolutely awful. Low-contrast, incredibly hard to read. I would not have picked this to read based on the cover. I hope future editions do better justice to the writing, because the writing is marvelous.
I really wanted this book to have more focus on these women and overcoming their struggles... which it was, in part. There was a lot of "this review said this" and "she wrote this cookbook" and I felt like it took away from the women's true stories of who they are/were.
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I really wanted to love this book, but it wasn't as narrative as I like my nonfiction to be.
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