The Williamsburg Cookbook: Traditional and Contemporary Recipes [Hardcover]

Letha Booth (Author, Editor)

Book Description

Publication Date: May 1, 1971

Guests return again and again for the delicious dishes served at Colonial Williamsburg's famed taverns and restaurants Chowning's Tavern Brunswick stew, Christiana Campbell's spoon bread, Shields Tavern syllabubs. In this best-selling cookbook, 193 traditional and contemporary recipes have been compiled and adapted for the home kitchen. Commentary discusses the cooking and eating habits of our colonial ancestors. Updated and enlarged by the staff of the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 174 pages
• Publisher: Colonial Williamsburg Foundation; 15th, 2004 edition (May 1, 1971)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 091041291X
• ISBN-13: 978-0910412919
• Product Dimensions: 10 x 7 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #320,614 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

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28 of 30 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A must for any connosseur of southern colonial cooking., December 28, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: The Williamsburg Cookbook: Traditional and Contemporary Recipes (Hardcover)

Rated by "USA Today" as one of the six all-time classic southern cookbooks. With its elegant cover and photographs and distinquished historical narrative, afficionados of the taverns of Colonial Williamsurg (especially the King's Arms Tavern, that the author was hired by the Rockefeller family to run) will gain accolades for replicating the cookbook's user-friendly American colonial recipes. Time and again, my guests have asked me to prepare the eggnog pie I made last year and the wassail. Other favorites are the game pie, Sally Lunn bread and cheese souffle. This is one of those cookbooks that everyone must have on their shelf, like "The Joy of Cooking." Also, if you don't get it here online, you've got to go all the way to Williamsburg, the only other place it's sold. I have also given "The Williamsburg Cookbook" as a gift. It is so beautiful, it could easily be an art book for the coffee table. If you are buying your first copy, I envy you the excitement you'll have on your enchanting find.

11 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars colonial cooking shines, August 31, 2002

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Kimberley Wilson (VA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Williamsburg Cookbook: Traditional and Contemporary Recipes (Hardcover)

I spent my honeymoon in Williamsburg and my family returns there every other year. This cookbook has allowed me to relive many happy hours in Colonial Williamsburg. The book is gorgeous and my only complaint is that it needed more photos. Classic colonial Southern cooking is displayed here:Sally Lunn bread, Salamagundi, and the best pound cake I've ever tasted. If you can find it you and anyone who eats the food will be happy.

Chow down, y'all.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Nice cookbook for historic recipes., May 17, 2010

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microjoe - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Williamsburg Cookbook: Traditional and Contemporary Recipes (Hardcover)

This is a wonderful cookbook that collects historic recipes from the inns and taverns of American Colonial times. The recipes include main dishes, sauces, salads, sides, desserts, bread, and beverages. It has great historical information and tidbits, as well as photos and illustrations. I found the recipes were easy to use, they work as promised and pleased our crowd at home. A terrific gift for any fan or Colonial items or cook books. My own copy is the softcover updated and enlarged edition from 1975. After doing some research on the internet, I noticed that a lot of people preferred these editions to the version made in the 1990's.