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This seminal work is probably the most famous bartender's guide and cocktail book of all timeーnostalgic and delicious homage to a drinking era that is gone but not forgotten. Containing hundreds of……続きを見る

Mary Mann, one of the famous Peabody sistersーreformers and pioneers of modern educational theoryーbelieved that good digestion was synonymous with virtue, and dyspepsia was equated with sin. So the……続きを見る

An important and fascinating document of American social history, The Housekeeper's Manual, or Complete Housewife is believed to be an adapted version of the British best seller The Cook's Oracle; a……続きを見る

Published in 1848 in Massachusetts, The People's Manual offers practical and valuable guidance on the daily activities of farming, caring for livestock, cooking, and preparing medicinal curesーall o……続きを見る

Published in 1876 in Michigan, The Hygienic Cook Book was part of the 19th century health reform movement that stressed a vegetarian diet to achieve wellness. Author John Harvey Kellogg, an American……続きを見る

When Seth Arnold's wife became ill, he took over management of the household until he himself became temporarily unable to perform the chores. He soon realized that although his daughters could perf……続きを見る

The first half of the text of New American Cookery, or Female Companion is a word-for-word reprint of the first American cookbook, Amelia Simmons's American Cookery, although it eliminates her prefa……続きを見る

Self published by the founder of the New York Cooking School, this forty-page leaflet was designed to educate new immigrant families with low incomes about preparing good, healthy meals. As the indu……続きを見る

In the unknown author's preface, she describes her purpose as to provide ladies with suggestions for what is reasonable for their tables for each day in the week, so they can easily provide an agree……続きを見る

The American publication of Cottage Economy by Stephen Gould and Sons was basically a compilation of a series of pamphlets published by Cobbett in 1821 in England. Cobbett was an English political a……続きを見る

Although the author of this collection is anonymous, her intention was clearly stated on the title page of the bookーa thousand practical ways to make good cakes, pies, puddings, and more for the yo……続きを見る

Authored by wine connoisseur John James DeFour, who established the first commercial vineyard in the United States, The American Vine-Dresser's Guide is an amazingly thorough work on grape growing a……続きを見る

Once life and culture had stabilized in the 19th century and moved beyond the frontier focus on subsistence and survival, Americans began to explore the idea of improving health and creating more co……続きを見る

Published in 1872 in Boston, The Appledore Cook Book was authored by renowned cooking teacher and writer Maria Parloa to be a go-to cookbook for new brides and housekeepers, and it was specifically ……続きを見る

Originally published in London in 1775, One Thousand Valuable Secrets was Americanized and published in Philadelphia in 1795 in an effort to help the newly established United States become self-suff……続きを見る

Printed in at least twenty editions by 1851, The Young Housekeeper was a successful work by prolific author and president of the American Vegetarian Society, William A. Alcott. Of the 108 books auth……続きを見る

Only Ardie and Paul, the go-to sources on barbecue, can earn the trustーand the secret recipesーfrom some of the nation's barbecue legends. Tasty sides include tips, tricks, techniques, fun memorabi……続きを見る

Published in 1792 in Philadelphia, The New Art of Cookery was the first cookbook published specifically for an American market that included New World ingredients, and it was unique until publicatio……続きを見る

Published in 1848 in Boston, The American Family Keepsake contains an enormous variety of informationーeverything from medicinal cures to common childhood illnesses to recipes to farming to "Indian ……続きを見る

Written by Eliza Leslie, or Miss Leslie as she was commonly called, Directions for Cookery was undoubtedly the most popular cookbook in the 19th century. Published in 1837 in Philadelphia, this clea……続きを見る

There is no information available about Laura Trowbridge, but her goal in compiling Excelsior Cook Book is clear. Using her twenty-five years experience and selections from the "best and most approv……続きを見る

Published in 1848 in Boston, The American Family Keepsake contains an enormous variety of informationーeverything from medicinal cures to common childhood illnesses to recipes to farming to "Indian ……続きを見る

Mary Mann, one of the famous Peabody sistersーreformers and pioneers of modern educational theoryーbelieved that good digestion was synonymous with virtue, and dyspepsia was equated with sin. So the……続きを見る

Published in 1829 in New York, Apician Morsels, or Tales of the Table, Kitchen, and Larder is an entertaining culinary miscellany that combines cooking history, lore, anecdotes, and witticism, all w……続きを見る

From her writing and recipe style, Lady Harriet was clearly a sophisticated woman of means who deplored the "unpalatable horrible attempts at entrees, dignified with some high-sounding French name, ……続きを見る

We do not have specific information about how Mrs. E.J. Verstille of Georgia acquired her cookery skills, but it is likely that one of her reasons for compiling her cookbook was to preserve the trad……続きを見る

We do not have specific information about how Mrs. E.J. Verstille of Georgia acquired her cookery skills, but it is likely that one of her reasons for compiling her cookbook was to preserve the trad……続きを見る

With mid-nineteenth century advances in scientific studies of health and nutrition, diet-based cookbooks like Dr. Russell Trall's proliferated. Trall founded the New York Hydropathic and Physiologic……続きを見る

With almost encyclopedic detail, The Dessert Book supplies precise, easy-to-follow recipes for desserts of all kinds, including puddings, pies, cakes, soufflés, "jumbles," wafers, biscuits, meringue……続きを見る

"In order to get through your work in proper time, you should make it your chief study to rise early in the morning; for an hour before the family rises is worth more to you than two after they are ……続きを見る