""Contents""; ""Foreword by Odessa Piper""; ""Introduction""; ""Repasts""; ""1. Earliest Days""; ""2. Pioneer Life""; ""3. Immigrants""; ""4. Laboring Fare""; ""5. On the Road""; ""6. Cookbooks and Kitchen Medicine""; ""7. The Business of Food""; ""8. Fresh Age""; ""Recipes""; ""Breads and Breakfast Dishes""; ""Soups""; ""Eggs and Cheese""; ""Fish""; ""Poultry""; ""Meat""; ""Frugal Main Dishes""; ""Vegetables""; ""Cereals, Grains, Dumplings, and Pasta""; ""Sauces and Spreads""; ""Salads and Salad Dressings""; ""Pies and Pastries""; ""Cakes, Fillings, and Frostings""; ""Cookies and Bars""

""Desserts and Dessert Sauces""""Candy and Confections""; ""Preserves, Pickles, and Embellishments""; ""Beverages""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Selected Bibliography""; ""General Index""; ""Index to Recipes""; ""About the Authors""