Stock Images: What Cookbooks, Advertisements, and Chicken Soup Recipes Tell Us About Jewish AmericaMain MenuGolden Broth, Golden LandAn introduction to Stock ImagesThe Ashkenazi TableFood, immigration, and identity formation for new Jewish-AmericansMother Knows BestWomen's role in two spheres: "Kitchen Judaism"Campbell's and ClassCommercial interests and middle-class identityJewish AmericanaConcluding Stock Images
Language of purity and cleanness intended to appeal to 1912 consumers, before that rhetoric was weaponized in WWII - represents class rather than race here
1media/Wholesome Delicate and Dainty _thumb.jpg2023-04-05T17:31:07-07:00Ilana Weisman717fe68fa7aefa0919f4193faeb67002faa8e0a4Crisco2This 1912 Crisco advertisement was featured in the Ladies' Home Journal and aimed to convince women to use Crisco in lieu of animal fat, with one of the selling points its kosher certification.media/Wholesome Delicate and Dainty .jpgplain2023-04-08T09:13:33-07:00Ilana Weisman717fe68fa7aefa0919f4193faeb67002faa8e0a4