"Favorite Dishes" is a celebrity cookbook of autographed recipes, accented by portraits of the distinguished contributors, that was compiled on the occasion of the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago. It is a handsome sourcebook on nineteenth-century cookery as well as a testament to the desire of well-educated, well-placed women to use their position for social good. It is also a prime example of the genre of charitable cookbooks that began after the Civil War and extends to today's Junior League community cookbooks.The world's fair in Chicago was the first event of its kind that offered women a conspicuous and responsible role. A Woman's Building was designed by a woman architect, decorated with the statues and paintings of prominent women artists, and overseen by a Board of Lady Managers, comprised of 115 wives and daughters of prominent political and business leaders from every state and territory. Carrie Shuman approached the president of this unprecedented body, Bertha Honor Palmer, with the idea of producing a charitable cookbook, endorsed and autographed by the Lady Managers, of their prize recipes. The books would be offered to women of limited means--women who dreamed " longingly and hopelessly of the Exposition" - who could sell them to raise money to cover the expense of a visit to the fair.This reissue of "Favorite Dishes" is set off by a pair of new introductions. Reid Badger discusses the phenomenon of world's fairs and the particular success and significance of the 1893 Exposition in Chicago. Bruce Kraig examines the culinary significance of the book and sets it in the context of the era's food standardization, changing cooking technology, recipe book conventions, and social practices.
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Old School recipes,
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I really appreciated this book. It's kind of an old fashioned Junior League Cookbook. These ladies were raising money by asking chapter participants in each state in the US to submit recipes. The money was being raised to fund trips for less fortunate women to a women's exposition in the late 1800s. Instead of using modern measurements, they say use 1/2 tea-cup. There are some good very old fashoned recipes in here. It is great for the cookbook collector or the adventurous cook.
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Another look at the table of the past,
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This book is a collection of recipes by a woman's group working with the Chicago World's Fair (aka Columbian Exposition) in 1893. Like Junior League, Ladies Auxiliary or church group cook books - these are treasured recipes of home cooks. Because this is a national project, it includes food from a variety of regions and cooking styles. While all of the basic categories are covered: meats, breads, desserts, etc - there are some recipes that are completely foreign to today's cook: Gooseberry Catsup, Broiled Woodcock, Vegetable Oyster. Overall, this is a nice addition to my collection of cookbooks.
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One cupful of sweet milk; one cupful of sour milk; two cupfuls of corn meal; one cupful of wheat flour; one - half cupful of New Orleans molasses; one teaspoonful of soda. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
one cup molasses, flavor with vanilla, tablespoonful cinnamon, one cup butter, steam three hours, one nutmeg, teaspoonfuls baking powder, pulverized sugar, teaspoonful soda, lady managers, stiff froth, grated bread crumbs, one cup sugar, quick oven, pound citron, tablespoonful butter, boiling lard, cup sweet milk, stiff batter, one cup milk, teaspoon soda Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Lady Manager, New Mexico, New York, North Dakota, Plum Pudding, President of State Board, South Carolina, North Carolina, West Virginia, Charlotte Russe, District of Columbia, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Lemon Pie, New Jersey, Prune Pudding, Suet Pudding New!
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One cupful of sweet milk; one cupful of sour milk; two cupfuls of corn meal; one cupful of wheat flour; one - half cupful of New Orleans molasses; one teaspoonful of soda. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
one cup molasses, flavor with vanilla, tablespoonful cinnamon, one cup butter, steam three hours, one nutmeg, teaspoonfuls baking powder, pulverized sugar, teaspoonful soda, lady managers, stiff froth, grated bread crumbs, one cup sugar, quick oven, pound citron, tablespoonful butter, boiling lard, cup sweet milk, stiff batter, one cup milk, teaspoon soda Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Lady Manager, New Mexico, New York, North Dakota, Plum Pudding, President of State Board, South Carolina, North Carolina, West Virginia, Charlotte Russe, District of Columbia, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Lemon Pie, New Jersey, Prune Pudding, Suet Pudding New!
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- Favorite Dishes by Carrie V. Shuman on 4 pages
- Recipes for Reading: Community Cookbooks, Stories, Histories by Anne Bower in Front Matter (1), and Front Matter (2)
- The Fair Women: The Story of the Women's Building at the World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago 1893 by Jeanne Madeline Weimann in Front Matter (1), and Front Matter (2)
- The Compleat Housewife by ELIZA SMITH in Front Matter (1), and Front Matter (2)
- Angel Food by Starr Hall on page 151
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- Challenging Chicago: Coping with Everyday Life, 1837-1920 by Perry Duis in Back Matter
- Eat My Words: Reading Women's Lives Through the Cookbooks They Wrote by Janet Theophano in Back Matter
- Eat My Words: Reading Women's Lives Through the Cookbooks They Wrote by Janet Theophano in Back Matter
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