New receipts for cooking / By Miss Leslie. Comprising all the new and approved methods for preparing all kinds of soups, fish, oysters ... With lists of articles in season suited to go together for breakfasts, dinners, and suppers ... and much useful and valuable information on all subjects whatever connected with general housewifery ...
"Miss Leslie was one of the most important American cooking authorities of the 19th century. Her books on cooking are considered among the best ever produced in this country. Of the recipes in this volume she states that "a large number have been obtained from the South.....many were dictated by co...
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| Language: | English |
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Philadelphia :
T. B. Peterson,
[1854], [©1854]
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| Ownership and Custodial History: |
Material laid in: Manuscript recipe for alcoholic punch written on stationery from Brentano's, circa 1890s. Gift plate of Mary R. Reynolds.
Penciled signature on recto of preliminary leaf: "Mrs. John A. Baker, October 1858." |
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MSU: gift of Mary Ross Reynolds. |
| Physical Description: | 520, 33 pages ; 19 cm |
| Format: | Book |
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"Miss Leslie was one of the most important American cooking authorities of the 19th century. Her books on cooking are considered among the best ever produced in this country. Of the recipes in this volume she states that "a large number have been obtained from the South.....many were dictated by colored cooks, of high reputation in the art..." In the volume is buried a jewel: the text of her Indian Meal Book, previously published separately and containing 40 pages of American (Indian) corn recipes, the first such large collection for our native grain" -- Wine and Food Library Catalogue 2000 / Jan Longone, p. 11. |
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| Note: | At head of title: Miss Leslie's 'New receipts for cooking.' Publisher's advertisements at front (2 pages) and at end (33 pages). Includes index. Cover vignette, stamped in gold. |
| Call Number: | TX715 .L654 1854 XX |
| References: |
Lowenstein, E. Bibliography of American cookery books, 1742-1860 (3rd ed.), 637 |