Taste Makers: Seven Immigrant Women Who Revolutionized Food in America

Seven extraordinary women, all immigrants, who have made an indelible mark on the way Americans eat today, are profiled in Taste Makers, a group biography from an electric new voice in food writing. These women, from the Second World War to the present, include Mexican-born Elena Zelayeta, a blind chef, Marcella Hazan, the deity of Italian cuisine, and Norma Shirley, a champion of Jamaican dishes. Mayukh Sen, a queer, brown child of immigrants, reconstructs their lives in vivid and empathetic detail, challenging the way readers look at what's on their plate and the women whose labor has been overlooked for so long.

Format: Hardback
Length: 288 pages
Publication date: 28 January 2022
Publisher: WW Norton & Co

Who is truly responsible for America's insatiable desire for cuisine from around the world? This group biography, written by an electric new voice in food writing, pays tribute to seven extraordinary women, all immigrants, who have left an indelible mark on the way Americans eat today. Taste Makers spans from the Second World War to the present, featuring captivating and thoroughly researched portraits of figures such as Mexican-born Elena Zelayeta, a blind chef; Marcella Hazan, the goddess of Italian cuisine, and Norma Shirley, a champion of Jamaican dishes. In imaginative and lively prose, Mayukh Sen, a queer, brown child of immigrants, reconstructs the lives of these women in vivid and empathetic detail, daring to ask why some were famous in their own time but not in ours and why others continue to shine brightly even today. Taste Makers weaves together histories of food, immigration, and gender, challenging readers to look at what's on their plate and the women whose labor, overlooked for so long, makes those meals possible.

Weight: 478g
Dimension: 236 x 162 x 29 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781324004516