National Cookery Book

by Elizabeth Duane Gillespie, Andrew F. Smith, Centennia Women's Centennial Committees

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Format Paperback

Condition Brand New

Description The first all-American cookbook, The National Cookery Book was compiled for America's Centennial celebration in 1876 in Philadelphia. The Women's Centennial Executive Committee, chaired by Benjamin Franklin's great granddaughter, sent an invitation to women throughout the United States to contribute recipes: of the 950 accepted recipes many were associated with specific states or territories.

Publisher Description

The first all-American cookbook -- National Cookery Book -- was compiled for America's Centennial celebration in 1876 in Philadelphia. The Women's Centennial Executive Committee, chaired by Benjamin Franklin's great granddaughter, sent an invitation to women throughout the United States to contribute recipes: of the 950 accepted recipes many were associated with specific states or territories.

Author Biography

Andrew F. Smith teaches culinary history at the New School University in Manhattan and serves on the Board of the Culinary Trust. He is the General Editor for the University of Illinois's Food Series and the editor in chief of the Oxford Encyclopedia of Food and Drink in America. He is the author or editor of eight books on food history.

Details

  • ISBN 1557095698
  • ISBN-13 9781557095695
  • Title National Cookery Book
  • Author Elizabeth Duane Gillespie, Andrew F. Smith, Centennia Women's Centennial Committees
  • Format Paperback
  • Year 2005
  • Pages 375
  • Publisher Arcadia Publishing (SC)
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