A re-creation of the first American cookbook with added updated recipes and illustrations.
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The book by itself would be fun reading, but it becomes useful with the addition of an introduction and updated recipes by Iris Ihde Frey, a cookbook author of great charm and wit. Frey's work makes this new edition of Amelia Simmons' American classic a joy to own and use. Complete with Amelia Simmons' old-fashioned and sometimes odd spellings, it should have a place in the library of every active and armchair cook. -- The Chicago Sun-Times
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Here is a recreation of the first American cookbook. A historic book, the first to document the unique New World cuisine, it deserves an honored place in every cookbook collection. Published in 1796, the little best-seller with the big title set down the first rules for Pumpkin Pie, Cranberry Sauce with Turkey, and Indian Pudding. Author Amelia Simmons' receipts for a Cheap Seed Cake, a Sick Bed Custard, and Soft Cakes in Little Pans transport the reader to another place, a gentler time. But more than a cookbook, its pages are filled with asides on the virtuous female character, wise marketing, a solution for reducing the national debt and more Americana, dear and droll.
In her Introduction, Iris Ihde Frey takes the reader on a tour of a Colonial kitchen and her high tech Connecticut kitchen. Her Sampler of Updated Recipes preserves all the good flavor of the originals, but adapts them to quick, easy preparation.
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Yes this is the FIRST American Cookbook.,
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Amelia Simmons prepared the first American cookbook. The first published recipes for turkey with cranberry sauce and pumpkin pie are here. This is a historical gem. This version contains updated recipes so that you can actually prepare some of the foods. Examples of the original text are included so that you can see the quaint long s (as f)and the rather blurred condition of the original text. The illustrations, introduction and updated recipes are the most important features of this book. If you are most interested in the history of cooking the Dover press facsimile edition includes an excellent scholarly article by Mary Tolford Wilson. An Amazon search for Amelia Simmons as Author gives some idea of how many times this book has been republished in various formats.
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This review is from: American Cookery 1796 (Hardcover)
I purchased this book as a gift for my friend who collects cook books, and also is a great cook by the way. I had to read this book myself before giving it to her. It was so interesting reading all about foods in days past, how to pick out vegtables and meats, what herbs to use, etc., it was fascinating. The recipies I know my friend will try. This was a great book to add to her collection and I was proud to give it to her.
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