by Becky Libourel Diamond From the publisher: In Philadelphia during the first decades of the nineteenth century, Mrs. Elizabeth Goodfellow ran a popular bakery and sweet shop. In addition to […]
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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: […]
Food on the Frontier: Minnesota Cooking from 1850 to 1900 with Selected Recipes
by Marjorie Kreidberg From the publisher: A unique cookbook that combines lively social history with mouth-watering recipes from the good old days. Gathering her data from old cookbooks, household guides, […]
Food and Cooking in Ancient Rome
by Clive Gifford and Paul Cherrill From the publisher: The civilization of Ancient Rome grew from a small community on the Mediterranean to become one of the largest empires of […]
How companies influenced what women baked
As fewer women baked bread at home, and flour sales declined as a result, General Mills launched their Betty Crocker campaign in 1924 to encourage women to bake cakes at […]
Perfection Salad: Women and Cooking at the Turn of the Century
by Laura Shapiro From the publisher: Toasted marshmallows stuffed with raisins? Green-and-white luncheons? Chemistry in the kitchen? This entertaining and erudite social history, now in its fourth paperback edition, tells […]
Dutch Ovens Chronicled: Their Use in the United States
by John G. Ragsdale From the publisher: When a significant number of Americans had to prepare meals in the out of doors—colonists, pioneers moving west, cowboys working the range, or […]
History of American Cooking
by Merril D. Smith From the publisher: This book examines the history and practice of cooking in what is now the United States from approximately the 15th century to the present […]
Cuisine and Empire: Cooking in World History
by Rachel Laudan From the publisher: Rachel Laudan tells the remarkable story of the rise and fall of the world’s great cuisines—from the mastery of grain cooking some twenty thousand years […]
Catching Fire: How Cooking Made Us Human
by Richard Wrangham From the publisher: Ever since Darwin and The Descent of Man, the evolution and world-wide dispersal of humans has been attributed to our intelligence and adaptability. But in Catching Fire, […]