The American cookbook : a history / Carol Fisher.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fisher, Carol, 1947-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cooking, American--History.

Cooking, American.

Cooking--United States--History.

Cooking.

United States.

Genre:

cookbooks.

Cookbooks.

History.

Illustrated works.

Physical Description:

ix, 260 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm

Place of Publication:

Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland, ©2006.

Summary:

"This book serves up the American cookbook as a tasty sampler of history, geography and culture, revealing the influence of political events (e.g. wartime rationing), social movements (temperance), and technological change (new packaging and cooking methods)"--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

The beginning of the great American recipe exchange

Cookbooks in the colonies: English cookbooks and Amelia Simmons

Voices from the kitchen: leaders of the nineteenth century cookbook revolution

Authors and cooking school teachers join the ranks

America's favorite: the charity-community cookbook

America's cultural stew: regional and ethnic cookbooks

Health and nutrition cookbooks in America

Cookbooks galore: promotional/advertising cookbooks and cookbooklets

USDA cookbooks

Cookbooks for special audiences

Chef and restaurant cookbooks

Alternative format cookbooks

Revisiting the twentieth century: cookbook pot luck

Most influential cookbooks of the twentieth century.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-251).

Local Notes:

HSP Historic Culinary Arts Collection.

Other Format:

Online version: Fisher, Carol, 1947- American cookbook.

ISBN:

0786423420

9780786423422

OCLC:

63108327

Online:

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