by Janet Clarkson From the publisher: Menus from History: Historic Meals and Recipes for Every Day of the Year offers a fascinating exploration of dining history through historic menus from […]
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Manly Meals and Mom’s Home Cooking: Cookbooks and Gender in Modern America
by Jessamyn Neuhaus From the publisher: From the first edition of The Fannie Farmer Cookbook to the latest works by today’s celebrity chefs, cookbooks reflect more than just passing culinary […]
Larder: Food Studies Methods from the American South
edited by John T. Edge, Elizabeth S. D. Engelhardt, Ted Ownby and Sara Camp Milam From the publisher: The sixteen essays in The Larder argue that the study of food […]
History of Cooks and Cooking
by Michael Symons From the publisher: Never has there been so little need to cook. Yet Michael Symons maintains that to be truly human we need to become better cooks: […]
Carolina Housewife
by Sarah RutledgeIntroduction by Anna Wells Rutledge From the publisher: A facsimile of the 1847 edition, with an Introduction and Preliminary Checklist of South Carolina Cookbooks Published before 1935 by […]
History of Cookbooks: From Kitchen to Page over Seven Centuries
by Henry Notaker From the publisher: A History of Cookbooks provides a sweeping literary and historical overview of the cookbook genre, exploring its development as a part of food culture […]
Cookbook Library: Four Centuries of the Cooks, Writers, and Recipes that Made the Modern Cookbook
by Anne Willan, Mark Cherniavsky, and Kyri Claflin From the publisher: This gorgeously illustrated volume began as notes on the collection of cookbooks and culinary images gathered by renowned cookbook […]
Fannie’s Last Supper: Re-creating One Amazing Meal from Fannie Farmer’s 1896 Cookbook
by Chris Kimball From the publisher: In the mid-1990s, Chris Kimball moved into an 1859 Victorian townhouse on the South End of Boston and, as he became accustomed to the quirks […]
First American Cookbook: A Facsimile of “American Cookery”
by Amelia Simmons From the publisher: This facsimile of the first American-written cookbook published in the United States is not only a first in cookbook literature, but a historic document. It reveals […]
Thousand Years Over a Hot Stove: A History of American Women Told through Food, Recipes, and Remembrances
by Laura Schenone From the publisher: A stunningly illustrated book that celebrates the power of food throughout American history and in women’s lives. Filled with classic recipes and inspirational stories, A Thousand Years Over […]