33. Peg Bracken — The I Hate to Cook Book with Helene Siegel
Peg Bracken’s bestselling 1960 cookbook The I Hate to Cook Book has been described as a mashup of Martha Stewart and Amy Sedaris. Join us as we discuss the quirky anti-cookbook that gave women permission to throw in the towel—and reach for a martini, instead—with this week’s guest, another bestselling cookbook author, Helene Siegel, who dishes on her own hilarious experiences in the culinary world.
Discussed in this episode:
The I Hate to Cook Book by Peg Bracken
The Feminine Mystique by Betty Friedan
Totally Cookbooks by Helene Siegel
Pure Chocolate, with Seattle chocolatier Fran Bigelow
Ethnic Kitchen series by Helene Siegel for HarperCollins
Barbie Party Cookbook for Mattel
The [Official] Preppy Handbook by Lisa Birnbach
Phoebe, Get Your Man by Homer Groening and Peg Bracken
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