{"product_id":"9781596917873","title":"The Warmest Room in the House: How the Kitchen Became the Heart of the Twentieth-Century American Home","description":"The first book that puts the hearth of the American home-its many unique challenges and innovations-in its proper place in contemporary history.\u003cbr\u003eThomas Jefferson once wrote that if you really want to understand the workings of a society, you have to \"look into their pots\" and \"eat their bread.\" Steven Gdula gives us a view of American culture from the most popular room in the house: the kitchen. Examining the relationship between trends and innovations in the kitchen and the cultural attitudes beyond its four walls, Gdula creates a lively portrait of the last hundred years of American domestic life. \u003ci\u003eThe Warmest Room in the House\u003c\/i\u003e explores food trends and technology, kitchen design, appliances and furniture, china and flatware, cookery bookery, food lit, and much more.\u003cbr\u003eGdula traces the evolution of the kitchen from the back room where the work of the home happened to its place at the center of family life and entertainment today. Filled with fun facts about food trends, from Hamburger Helper to \u003ci\u003eThe Moosewood Cookbook\u003c\/i\u003e, and food personalities, from Julia Child to Rachael Ray, \u003ci\u003eThe Warmest Room in the House\u003c\/i\u003e is the perfect addition to any well-rounded kitchen larder.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury USA","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47175626326256,"sku":"9781596917873","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781596917873_p0.jpg?v=1763811321","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781596917873","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}