Engagingly written volume not only provided the mid-19th-century housekeeper with recipes for scores of nutritious dishes but also offered wide-ranging suggestions for frugal and intelligent household management. Includes advice on selecting and preparing foods, health tips, cleaning domestic accessories, dealing with hired help, and much more.
Here's a sample of other books in this Dover category
The First American Cookbook: A Facsimile of "American Cookery," 1796 by Amelia Simmons Exact reproduction of the first American-written cookbook published in the United States. Authentic recipes for colonial favorites — pumpkin pudding, winter squash pudding, spruce beer, Indian slapjacks, and more.
The American Frugal Housewife by Lydia Maria Child Simply written recipes for roasting a pig, preparing corned beef, hasty pudding, carrot pie, buffalo tongue, and scores of other dishes. Helpful suggestions for treating chilblains, dysentery, and other domestic concerns.
The Plimoth Colony Cook Book by Plymouth Antiquarian Society Authentic collection of 17th- and 18th-century cooking lore and wisdom includes recipes for everything from the Old Colony Club Clam Muddle and Bubble and Squeak to Huckleberry Pancakes and Cranberry Drop Cakes.
