Historic United States
White House Cookbook, Revised
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Hugo Ziemann was the White House Steward under Grover Cleveland. With healthy updates by Patti Bazel Geil and Tami Ross.
Depression Era Recipes
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This book commemorates an era that will soon be forgotten. Includes hundreds of back-to-the-basics recipes, household hints, a spice guide and some period poetry.
The Family Nurse
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Companion to the American Frugal Housewife is a guide to home health from Lydia Maria Child, one of the 19th century's most popular domestic advisers and an ardent feminist. No food recipes.
Mrs. Esther Levy's Jewish Cookbook
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When it was first published in 1871, this book offered practical advice for American-born Jews who did not have the benefit of a good Jewish education.
Boston Cooks
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Founded in 1877, the Women's Educational and Indutrial Union provides vocational and industrial education to women in the greater Boston area.
Rufus Estes' Good Things to Eat
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Born a slave in 1857, Rufus Estes worked his way up as a Pullman porter to a job preparing meals for the top brass at one of America's largest steel corporations.
Settlement Cook Book 1903,
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An enduring American cookbook classic from the turn of the century.
Plimoth Colony Cook Book,
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An authentic collection of 17th and 18th century cooking lore and wisdom, as well as recipes passed down from generation to generation.
Cornucopia : Being a Kitchen Entertainment and Cookbook
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The Cornucopia, published to wide acclaim in 1973, is an exquisitely annotated collection of five centuries of European and American culture as seen through the eyes of both the chef and the gourmet.