United Tastes: The Making of the First American Cookbook

by Kathleen Fitzgerald and Keith Stavely

Book Overview

Winner of the 2017 Bruce Fraser Award from the Association for the Study of Connecticut History
The Library of Congress has designated American Cookery (1796) by Amelia Simmons one of the eighty-eight "Books That Shaped America." Its recognition as "the first American cookbook" has attracted an enthusiastic modern audience of historians, food journalists, and general readers, yet until now American Cookery has not received...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1625343221
• ISBN13: 9781625343222
• Release Date: November 2017
• Publisher: University of Massachusetts Press
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher