Eating for Pregnancy: An Essential Guide to Nutrition with Recipes for the Whole Family, 2003
American, born India
American
Eating for Pregnancy: An Essential Guide to Nutrition with Recipes for the Whole Family, 2003
Rare Books and Manuscripts Library: gift of Peter D. Franklin
RG559 .J665 2003
Can the decisions of a pregnant woman affect her unborn child? Can her habits shape the child’s future behavior, or her food intake shape their appetite? These questions, and others like them, have plagued humankind for centuries. Countless books have been written on the topic, from sermons to treatises and scientific hypotheses, often by men. While there are some commonalities to be found threaded through the years, many are products of their time. This modern cookbook is no different. It offers health advice to expectant mothers while also teaching them the basics of food preparation and cooking, something that would have been learned generationally in earlier decades. It also provides more scientific information, such as the usefulness of particular vitamins and specific diet recommendations for high-risk pregnancies. Both of these elements convey a modern experience of pregnancy, one that has stepped away from the midwives and community of earlier centuries and decades and toward more individualized, scientific medicine. Thus, this cookbook finds itself in the company of other modern books, such as What to Expect When You're Expecting by Heidi Murkoff, that attempt to fill the void left by a shift from communal to nuclear families.