Miriam Meyers celebrates the positive role that food plays in the
mother-daughter relationship. Despite their increasing freedom to
pursue other roles in society, women still retain primary
responsibility for food-related tasks in the home. With that
responsibility comes considerable work, but it also affords women
in families a special opportunity for companionship, communication,
learning, and inspiration. To illuminate the ways women use this
role to connect with their daughters, Meyers combines original
research, encompassing focus groups, interviews, and a national
survey, with a personal memoir and a wide range of other sources.
She shows, in women's own voices, how food offers, more than just
nourishment for the body, something for the mind, heart, and soul.
Browse through the list of books that come out each year on women
and food. The vast majority treat food as the enemy of women
everywhere, either by pitching (or criticizing) the latest diet fad
or by focusing on such problems as eating disorders, and parents'
implication in them. Taking a different path, Miriam Meyers
celebrates the positive role that food plays in women's lives, and
in the relationship between mother and daughter. Despite the
changes wrought by modern technology, the provision of food remains
necessary to sustain physical, social, religious, and familial
life. The idealized homemaker of the 1950s, working ceaselessly to
achieve the perfectly clean home and perfectly arranged food, has
all but disappeared from the American scene. While the ways we
acquire and prepare our food has shifted, women still have primary
responsibility for home food management, despite their increasing
pursuit of other roles. With that responsibility comes considerable
work, but it also affords women in families a special opportunity
for companionship, communication, learning, and inspiration.
Beginning with a look at food's place in the greater family, A Bite
Off Mama's Plate explores the connections mothers and daughters
enjoy in the kitchen and beyond. To illuminate those links, Meyers
combines original research, encompassing focus groups, interviews,
and a national survey, with personal memoir and a wide range of
other sources. She shows, in women's own voices, how food offers,
more than just nourishment for the body, something for the mind,
heart, and soul.
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