Author: SIMMONS, AMELIA
Title: American Cookery: Or the Art of Dressing Viands, Fish, Poultry & Vegetables... Pastes, Puffs, Pies, Tarts, Puddings, Custards & Preserves, and All Kinds of Cakes, from the Imperial Plumb to Plain Cake...
Description: Grand Rapids, MI, William B. Eerdmans Publishing Co. 1965, Reprint. Cloth, 8vo - 7 3/4" - 9 3/4 " Tall. Ill.: Woodcuts. Hardcover, Textblock immaculate and tight; Binding lightly edge-rubbed; Undersize dust jacket, lightly edge worn. Reprinted from the original 1796 edition, with only a small number of spelling choices corrected for clarity. 94p. "This volume was originally printed in 1796 by the firm of Hudson and Goodwin of Hartford, CT. It was the first American written cookbook to be published in the United States" - from the jacket. Near Fine/Very Good+ (in mylar).

Keywords: Early American Cuisine, Early American Cookbooks Woodcuts


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