Tastemaker: Elizabeth Gordon, House Beautiful, and the Postwar American Home by Monica PenickRequirements: PDF Reader, 30.2 mbOverview: From 1941 to 1964, House Beautiful magazine’s crusading editor-in-chief Elizabeth Gordon introduced and promoted her vision of “good design” and “better living” to an extensive middle-class American readership. Her innovative magazine-sponsored initiatives, including House Beautiful’s Pace Setter House […]
The Tastemaker: Carl Van Vechten and the Birth of Modern America by Edward WhiteRequirements: ePUB reader, 5.5 MBOverview: A revealing biography of the influential and controversial cultural titan who embodied an era, The Tastemaker explores the many lives of Carl Van Vechten, the most influential cultural impresario of the early twentieth century: a patron and […]
The Tastemakers: Why We’re Crazy for Cupcakes but Fed Up with Fondue by David SaxRequirements: ePUB Reader 0.65 MB, 2014Overview: Tastemaker, n. Anyone with the power to make you eat quinoa.Kale. Spicy sriracha sauce. Honeycrisp apples. Cupcakes. These days, it seems we are constantly discovering a new food that will make us healthier, happier, or […]