by
Simmons, Amelia.
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641.5973
Publication Date
2012
Summary
Published in Hartford in 1796, this volume in the American Antiquarian Cookbook Collection is a facsimile edition of one of the most important documents in American culinary history. This is the first cookbook written by an American author specifically published for American kitchens. Named by the Library of Congress as one of the 88 "Books That Shaped America," American Cookery was the first cookbook by an American author published in the United States. Until its publication, cookbooks printed and used by American colonists were British. As indicated in Amelia Simmons's subtitle, the recipes in her book were "adapted to this country," reflecting the fact that American cooks had learned to make do with what was available in North America. This cookbook reveals the rich variety of food colonial Americans used, their tastes, cooking and eating habits, and even their rich, down-to-earth language. Bringing together English cooking methods with truly American products, American Cookery contains the first known printed recipes substituting American maize for English oats; and the recipe for Johnny Cake is apparently the first printed version using cornmeal. The book also contains the first known recipe for turkey. Possibly the most far-reaching innovation was Simmons's use of pearlash--a staple in colonial households as a leavening agent in dough, which eventually led to the development of modern baking powders. "Thus, twenty years after the political upheaval of the American Revolution of 1776, a second revolution--a culinary revolution--occurred with the publication of a cookbook by an American for Americans." (Jan Longone, curator of American Culinary History, University of Michigan) This facsimile edition of Amelia Simmons's American Cookery was reproduced by permission from the volume in the collection of the American Antiquarian Society, Worcester, Massachusetts. Founded in 1812 by Isaiah Thomas, a Revolutionary War patriot and successful printer and publisher, the Society is a research library documenting the life of Americans from the colonial era through 1876. The Society collects, preserves, and makes available as complete a record as possible of the printed materials from the early American experience. The cookbook collection includes approximately 1,100 volumes.
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Lady, An American.
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641.59730000000002
Publication Date
2013
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Baxter, Lynette
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641.5973 BAX
Publication Date
1995
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Wright, Carol.
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ARC 641.5973 WRI
Publication Date
1980
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by
Lileks, James.
Call Number
ARC 641.5973 LIL
Publication Date
2007
Summary
Presents photographs, illustrations, food ads, recipes, and culinary miscellany from the 1950s and 1960s with commentary on an array of the "best of the worst" dishes from the period.
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Beard, James, 1903-1985
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ARC 641.5973 BEA
Publication Date
1972
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Holbrook, M. L. (Martin Luther), 1831-1902
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ARC 641.5973 HOL
Publication Date
1888
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Beard, James, 1903-1985.
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641.5973 BEA
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2010
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Hooker, Margaret Huntington, 1868-1936.
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641.5 23
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2010
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Collection, The American Antiquarian Cookbook.
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641.5
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2012
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Hardy, Helen Henriques.
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ARC 641.59763 HAR
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1956
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Watts, Edith Ballard
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ARC 641.59763 WAT
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1985 1954
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