'Hardtack' unlocks women's ties to food

From: The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel | Date: May 8, 2002| Author: NANCY STOHS | Copyright information

'Hardtack' unlocks women's ties to food

By NANCY STOHS of the Journal Sentinel staff

Wednesday, May 8, 2002

It's not exclusively a women's history book. But it's not like any other food history book either.

One thing's certain: Read "Hardtack and Home Fries," and you'll come away with a keen grasp of the power of food in the lives of American women -- and the power that they, in turn, wielded in the larger society.

Milwaukee native Barbara Haber waited a long...

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