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Kitchen utensils : names, originals, and definitions from the early Middle Ages to the mid-nineteenth century Phillips V. Brooks
Historical Society of Pennsylvania - Closed Stacks TX 652 .C37 n.579
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Brooks, Phillips V.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Kitchen utensils.
- Physical Description:
- xx, 172 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- New York ; Houndmills, England : Palgrave Macmillan, 2004.
- Summary:
- "A one-of-a-kind essential for all food, culture, and cooking enthusiasts, this unusual book offers the short histories of 375 American utensils. Presented by category and listed alphabetically, listings include a concise narrative of utensils' origins, migrations to America, names, spellings, and uses from the early middle ages to the late nineteenth century."--BOOK JACKET.
- Contents:
- Definition of kitchen utensil
- Dating of kitchen utensils
- Coming to the new world
- Measures standardized
- Change of utensil names
- Utensils.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 165-170) and index.
- Local Notes:
- HSP Historic Culinary Arts Collection.
- ISBN:
- 1403966192
- 9781403966193
- OCLC:
- 702185526
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