Favorite Dishes: A Columbian Autograph Souvenir Cookery Book

by Carrie V. Shuman

Book Overview

Favorite Dishes is a celebrity cookbook of autographed recipes, accented by portraits of the distinguished contributors, that was compiled on the occasion of the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago. It is a handsome sourcebook on nineteenth-century cookery as well as a testament to the desire of well-educated, well-placed women to use their position for social good. It is also a prime example of the genre of charitable cookbooks that...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0252069374
• ISBN13: 9780252069376
• Release Date: December 2000
• Publisher: University of Illinois Press
• Length: 270 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 8.5"