Doña Petrona
Doña Petrona | |
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 Doña Petrona in 1962 | |
| Born | Petrona Carrizo June 29, 1896 La Banda, Santiago del Estero, Argentina |
| Died | February 6, 1992 (aged 95) Olivos, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina |
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| Notable work | El libro de Doña Petrona (1933) |
| Style | Argentine cuisine |
| Television | Variedades hogareñas (1952) Buenas tardes, mucho gusto (1960) |
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Oscar Gandulfo
(m. 1923; died 1943)Atilio Massut
(m. 1946; died 1979) |
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Petrona Carrizo de Gandulfo (June 29, 1896 – February 6, 1992),[1] better known as Doña Petrona, was an Argentine best-selling cookbook writer, home economist, television chef and businesswoman who was famous for "her elaborate dishes, provincial accent, matronly figure, didactic tone, and bossy treatment of her assistant [Juana Bordoy], as well as her responsiveness to fans".[2] Although recognized as "the most famous Argentine cook",[3] she was quoted as saying in 1985: "I never wanted to be anything other than a home economist. No one, except my friends, can say that they had Doña Petrona in their kitchen at any time."[4]
Her cookbook El libro de Doña Petrona (Spanish for "Doña Petrona's book") was first released in 1933 and continues to be published, with over one hundred editions.[5] It has been translated into eight languages.[6] Argentine journalists have called it "the best-selling book in Latin America".[7] In addition to being a commercial and editorial success, the book is a cult object and old editions are highly valued by collectors.[6] Doña Petrona built a multimedia empire around her own name and used it to establish herself as the most popular and commercially supported celebrity chef in 20th-century Argentina.[8]
Over her seven-decade-long career, Doña Petrona was a highly influential figure for Argentine housewives.[9][5] She had a lasting impact in Argentine cuisine and is regarded as a cultural icon.[5] Her figure has been compared to that of Isabella Beeton in the United Kingdom, as her "popularity stemmed from her ability to tap into the desire for 'expert' domestic advice among the emerging middle classes".[10] Her closest counterparts can be found not in other Latin American nations but rather in the United States, having points in common with Fannie Farmer, Betty Crocker, Irma Rombauer and Julia Child. However, due in part to Argentina's more concentrated media market, Doña Petrona's success "compares to not one, but all the major legends of home cooking in the United States put together."[7]
See also
[edit]Notes
[edit]- ^ a b c Montero, José (July 18, 2018). "No sabía cocinar, pero su "Libro de Doña Petrona" es el más robado de la Biblioteca Nacional". La Nación (in Spanish). Retrieved June 22, 2020.
- ^ Pite, 2013. p. 3
- ^ Rojas, Diego (July 22, 2018). "Secretos de Doña Petrona, la cocinera argentina más famosa, la mirada académica sobre su figura y algunas de sus recetas" (in Spanish). Infobae. Retrieved June 25, 2020.
- ^ Pite, 2013. p. 13
- ^ a b c Toth, Castorila Unda (November 30, 2007). Pampa, Puchero, Petrona: An Argentine Culinary Trilogy (thesis). University of Arizona. Retrieved June 21, 2020.
- ^ a b "La cocina del éxito: la historia detrás de "El libro de Doña Petrona"" (in Spanish). Infobae. July 22, 2018. Retrieved June 25, 2020.
- ^ a b Pite, 2013. p. 6
- ^ Pite, 2013. p. 7
- ^ Pite, 2013. p. 4
- ^ Pite, 2013. p. 5
References
[edit]- Pite, Rebekah E. (2013). Creating a Common Table in Twentieth-Century Argentina: Doña Petrona, Women, and Food. University of North Carolina Press. ISBN 978-146-960-689-7.
External links
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Media related to Petrona Carrizo de Gandulfo at Wikimedia Commons- Doña Petrona at IMDb
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