American cookery, or, The art of dressing viands, fish, poultry, and vegetables, and the best modes of making pastes, puffs, pies, tarts, puddings, custards, and preserves, and all kinds of cakes from the imperial plum to plain cake : adapted to this country and all grades of life / by Amelia Simmons, an American orphan.
First published in 1796, this is an early edition (perhaps the fifth) of the first cookbook written by an American. For the first time, British cooking methods are combined with indigenous American foods like pumpkin, cranberries, cornmeal, and turkey.
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Language: | English |
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Troy, N.Y. :
Published by Wright, Goodenow, and Stockwell, and for sale at the Rensselaer book-store, and at their store in Boston,
1808.
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Ownership and Custodial History: |
MSU: Ownership signature on front paste-down of Ruth Doty, who married Ellis Doty in 1805. The couple moved to Detroit from Troy, NY by the early 1820s.
MSU: Inscription on title leaf verso: G[rand?] [?] Doty.
MSU: Rear paste-down contains two handwritten cake recipes. |
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MSU: Contemporary quarter straight-grain leather and plain boards. |
Physical Description: | iv, 1 unnumbered page, 6-86 pages ; 15 cm (12mo) |
Variant Title: |
Art of dressing viands, fish, poultry, and vegetables, and the best modes of making pastes, puffs, pies, tarts, puddings, custards, and preserves, and all kinds of cakes. |
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Published: Michigan State University Library Digital & Multimedia Center, 2003
American cookery, or The art of dressing viands, fish, poultry, and vegetables, and the best modes of making pastes, puffs, pies, tarts, puddings, custards, and preserves, and all...
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48 pages, Also issued in print.
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Published: Printed for Simeon Butler, Northampton, 1798
Book Plate: MSU: Purchased with funds provided by the Beatrice V. Grant Endowment Fund. (Michigan State University Libraries)
American cookery, or The art of dressing viands, fish, poultry, and vegetables, and the best modes of making pastes, puffs, pies, tarts, puddings, custards, and preserves, and all...
Published: Printed for Simeon Butler, Northampton, 1798
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48 pages ; 23 cm, Also issued online.
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Book Plate: MSU: Purchased with funds provided by the Beatrice V. Grant Endowment Fund. (Michigan State University Libraries)
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