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"The Library of Congress has designated American Cookery (1796) by Amelia Simmons one of the eighty-eight 'Books That Shaped America.' Its recognition as 'the first American cookbook' has attracted an enthusiastic modern audience of historians, food journalists, and general...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Authors: Stavely, Keith W. F., 1942- (Author), Fitzgerald, Kathleen, 1952- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press, [2017]
Subjects:
Simmons, Amelia. > American cookery.
American cookery (Simmons, Amelia)
1700-1799
Cooking > United States > History > 18th century.
Cooking > United States > History > 18th century > Sources.
Cooking, American > Early works to 1800.
Cuisine américaine > Ouvrages avant 1800.
COOKING > General.
HISTORY > United States > General.
Cookbooks.
Cooking.
Cooking, American.
Manners and customs.
United States > Social life and customs.
États-Unis > Mœurs et coutumes.
United States.
Early works.
History.
Sources.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Part 1. Cooks and books. Adapted to this country
  • Culinary tradition
  • Print culture
  • Part 2. Connecticut. Society and nationality
  • Domestic culture
  • Agriculture, fishing, horticulture
  • Part 3. American cookery, by an American Orphan
  • The cookbook
  • The author and the printers
  • The readers and the editions.

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