American Cookery was the first cookbook in America. Reproduced here is the rare second edition printed in 1796. We have added a new introduction by noted food historian Karen Hess.
American Cookery was the first cookbook in America. Reproduced here is the rare second edition printed in 1796. We have added a new introduction by no...
This high-quality re-issue of the first American cookbook is an exact facsimile of the landmark 1796 publication that brought about the birth of American cuisine. In its pages of ingredients and preparations it reveals a great deal about the variety of food enjoyed by Colonial Americans, their tastes and cooking techniques, and the numerous resourceful experiments American women were conducting with New World ingredients that hadn't been cataloged in the primarily British cookbooks of the day.
Author Amelia Simmons worked as a domestic in Colonial America and she gleaned much of the...
This high-quality re-issue of the first American cookbook is an exact facsimile of the landmark 1796 publication that brought about the birth of Am...
This high-quality re-issue of the first American cookbook is an exact facsimile of the landmark 1796 publication that brought about the birth of American cuisine. In its pages of ingredients and preparations it reveals a great deal about the variety of food enjoyed by Colonial Americans, their tastes and cooking techniques, and the numerous resourceful experiments American women were conducting with New World ingredients that hadn't been cataloged in the primarily British cookbooks of the day.
Author Amelia Simmons worked as a domestic in Colonial America and she gleaned much of the...
This high-quality re-issue of the first American cookbook is an exact facsimile of the landmark 1796 publication that brought about the birth of Am...
