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United Tastes The Making of the First American Cookbook / Keith Stavely and Kathleen Fitzgerald.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Stavely, Keith W. F., 1942- author.
- Fitzgerald, Kathleen, 1952- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Simmons, Amelia. American cookery.
- Cooking, American--Early works to 1800.
- Cooking, American.
- Cooking--United States--History--18th century--Sources.
- Cooking.
- Cookbooks--United States--History--18th century.
- Cookbooks.
- United States--Social life and customs.
- United States.
- Genre:
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xi, 351 pages )
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Manufacture:
- Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2018
- Place of Publication:
- Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press, [2017]
- Summary:
- Winner of the 2017 Bruce Fraser Award from the Association for the Study of Connecticut History 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.
- Contents:
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface
- Introduction
- Part 1. Cooks and Books
- Chapter 1. Adapted to This Country
- Chapter 2. Culinary Tradition
- Chapter 3. Print Culture
- Part 2. Connecticut
- Chapter 4. Society and Nationality
- Chapter 5. Domestic Culture
- Chapter 6. Agriculture, Fishing, Horticulture
- Part 3. American Cookery, by an American Orphan
- Chapter 7. The Cookbook
- Chapter 8. The Author and the Printers
- Chapter 9. The Readers and the Editions
- Conclusion: The American Dream and Its Discontents
- Appendix 1. The Sources of American Cookery
- Appendix 2. Recipes from Plain to Fancy
- Appendix 3. Works Relating to Orphanhood Available in New England and New York, 1760-1800
- Appendix 4. Editions, Printings, and Major Plagiarisms
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
- About the Authors
- Back Cover.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 321-340) and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-61376-557-6
- OCLC:
- 1046072755
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