18 books like The James Beard cookbook

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Boston Cooking-School cook book Fannie Merritt Farmer · 1896 · ★ 3.9 · 807p · ≈ 26h · Demanding Basic American cookbook, specializing in New England recipes. Shares: American Cookery, American Cooking, Cookery, Cooking

Betty Crocker's Picture Cook Book Betty Crocker · 1950 · ★ 4.2 · 456p · ≈ 15h · Moderate It's the book that started it all, the well-loved edition that first bought Betty Crocker cookbooks into American homes and hearts. Published in 1950, this ground-breaking title made cooking easy, it made cooking appealing, and best of all, it made cooking fun. Packed full of practical tips, useful hints, and lavish color photography, this was the book that shaped cooking for generations, the… Shares: American Cookery, American Cooking, Cookery, Cooking

Housekeeping in old Virginia Marion Cabell Tyree · 1877 · 528p · ≈ 17h · Challenging This book celebrates the cooking and culinary traditions of Virginia. It provides recipes for nearly every conceivable Southern edible and even features an entire chapter on Gumbo. Shares: American Cookery, American Cooking, Cookery, Cooking

The Presidential cook book Hugo Ziemann · 1800 · 440p · ≈ 14h · Challenging Initially published in 1887, The Original White House Cook Book is a cooking compendium penned by F. L. Gillette and Hugo Ziemann. The book is comprised of recipes, cooking techniques, etiquette instruction, household care, and cleanliness tips used in the White House. This historic book includes recipes by the first ladies Martha Washington, Mary Todd Lincoln, and many others, as well as… Shares: American Cookery, American Cooking, Cookery, Cooking

Gourmet's guide to New Orleans Natalie Vivian Scott · 1933 · 116p · ≈ 3h · Challenging Shares: American Cookery, American Cooking, Cookery, Cooking

The American woman's cook book Delineator Home Institute. · 1938 · 818p · ≈ 27h · Challenging Shares: American Cookery, American Cooking, Cookery, Cooking

Food for the family Jennie S. Wilmot · 1938 · 741p · ≈ 24h · Challenging 1. Lord Byron - She Walks in Beauty 2. Christina Rossetti - I Loved You First: But Afterwards Your Love 3. Walt Whitman - A Glimpse 4. W.Shakespeare - Let Me Not To The Marriage Of True Minds 5. John Donne - The Good-Morrow 6. K.Gibran - Love One Another 7. Robert Browning - Meeting At Night 8. E.Dickinson - My River 9. P.B. Shelley - Love's Philosophy 10. Alfred Tennyson - Maud 11. E.A. Poe -… Shares: American Cookery, American Cooking, Cookery, Cooking

Good Things to Eat as Suggested by Rufus Rufus Estes · 1911 · 151p · ≈ 5h · Challenging An illustrated collection of nearly 600 recipes offering instructions for preparing such standard fare as fried chicken, beef roast, and glazed carrots and more specifically, among them Creole-style chicken gumbo, chestnut stuffing with truffles, cherry dumplings, and Southern-style waffles. Shares: American Cookery, American Cooking, Cooking

The Virginia house-wife Mary Randolph · 1824 · 180p · ≈ 6h · Challenging The Virginia house-wife: method is the soul of management, Mary Randolph. Revised version of http://ota.ox.ac.uk/id/2094 . The Virginia house-wife Randolph, Mary, 1762-1828 225 p. ; 18 cm. Printed by Davis and Force Wahington 1824 Shares: American Cookery, American Cooking, Cookery, Cooking

A Little Cook-Book for a Little Girl Caroline French Benton · 1905 · 98p · ≈ 3h · Challenging Do you have a burgeoning junior chef in your life? Are you trying to avoid the processed ingredients that a lot of modern cookbooks for kids emphasize. If so, this back-to-basics introduction to cooking might be just what you need. Packed with classic, simple recipes that don't skimp on taste, this little cook book is the perfect way to get kids engaged in the kitchen. Shares: American Cooking, Cookery, Cooking

Twenty lessons in domestic science Marian Cole Fisher · 1916 · 108p · ≈ 3h · Challenging Divided into twenty lessons, Marian Cole Fisher's 1916 work provides a home study guide on the characteristics and uses of different food categories. Whether meat, vegetable, cheese or egg, each section teaches the home student how to handle the foods in question and provides recipes. Housekeeping do's and don'ts as well as helpful hints are also included. Shares: American Cookery, American Cooking, Cookery, Cooking

A new system of domestic cookery Maria Eliza Ketelby Rundell · 1800 · 316p · ≈ 10h · Challenging Excerpt: ?As the directions which follow were intended for the conduct of the families of the authoress?s own daughters, and for the arrangement of their table, so as to unite a good figure with proper economy, she has avoided all excessive luxury, such as essence of ham, and that wasteful expenditure of large quantities of meat for gravy, which so greatly contributes to keep up the price, and is… Shares: American Cookery, American Cooking, Cookery, Cooking

New York Times Cook Book Craig Claiborne · 1961 · ★ 2.7 · 717p · ≈ 23h · Moderate This is a classic cookbook for the home gourmet cook, by Craig Claiborne and the New York Times. Terrific recipes! Shares: American Cookery, American Cooking, Cookery, Cooking

Food and feeding Sir Henry Thompson · 1879 · ★ 4.0 · 657p · ≈ 21h · Demanding The present work is the outcome of two lectures on the Books of the Tuat, i.e., the Egyptian Underworld, or "Other World," which I had the honour to deliver at the Royal Institution in the spring of 1904, and it has been prepared at the suggestion of many who wished to continue their inquiries into the beliefs of the Egyptians concerning the abode of the departed, and the state of the blessed and… Shares: American Cookery, American Cooking, Cookery, Cooking

Favorite Dishes Carrie V. Shuman · 2000 · 154p · ≈ 5h · Moderate Over 300 different classic recipes, covering every aspect of cooking from starters to puddings. Included are recipes for: Bread Oysters Bouillion Soup Fish Sauces Meats Sweetbreads Poultry Vegetables Eggs Salad Doughnuts and Fritters Preserves Pickles and Catsup Cheese Pies Pudding Cake Cookies Desserts Ice Cream Candy Punch Beverages Chafing Dish Shares: American Cooking, Cooking

Hallelujah! The Welcome Table Maya Angelou · 2004 · ★ 4.3 · 232p · ≈ 7h · Moderate My husband opened the refrigerator door. Sliced eclairs were stacked on every shelf. "I'll never eat another eclair as long as I live," he said. I gave most of the eclairs to friends, to staff, and to the soup kitchen. But I kept one gargantuan loaf as proof that cooking helps me to write. I pulled out the stubborn manuscripts, which to date had resistered me successfully, and suddenly the words… Shares: American Cookery, American Cooking, Cooking

The frugal housewife, or, Complete woman cook Susannah Carter · 1772 · 168p · ≈ 5h · Demanding The Frugal Housewife, or Complete Woman Cook was the only cookbook published in the United States during the 50-year period before publication of American Cookery by Amelia Simmons—the first truly American cookbook. Originally published in the United Kingdom, Susannah Carter's work was hugely successful, and after achieving best-seller status in that market, it was published for an American… Shares: American Cookery, American Cooking, Cookery, Cooking

Peter Hunt's Cape Cod Cookbook Peter Hunt · 1954 · 181p · ≈ 6h · Moderate Shares: American Cookery, American Cooking, Cookery, Cooking

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