Holiday Cooking

Name: American Frugal Housewife
Brand: Lydia Maria Child
SKU: 9780918222985
Price: 14.95 USD
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American Frugal Housewife

Ladies Of The Dallas Free Kindergarten Ad Training School

Blue and Gold Cook Book

(Oakland Calif.) Oakland Brewing & Malting Co.

$15.95

Baptist Ladies' Cook Book

Baptist Ladies' Aid Society

$13.95

White House Cook Book

Fanny Gillette

$29.95

Seventy-Five Receipts for Pastry, Cakes

Eliza Leslie

$9.95

Lydia Maria Child

American Frugal Housewife

9780918222985

$14.95

The Landmark American Guide to Housekeeping

First published in 1828, with other thirty-two edition later, author, journalist, abolitionist, and women’s rights activist, Lydia Maria Child wrote this popular book as a nineteenth-century manual for homemakers. Including historic recipes, remedies, advice on parents, and tips for housekeeper, this landmark publication defined a uniquely American approach to homemaking for generations.

Esther Levy

Jewish Cookery Book

9781557091864

$14.95

Originally published in 1871, the Jewish Cookery Book was the first Jewish cookbook published in America. The book offers practical, down-to-earth advice for American-born Jews who did not have the benefit of a traditional Jewish education. Not much is known about the book's author, Mrs. Esther Levy. She was born Esther Jacobs, probably in England, and most likely lived in Philadelphia. Her book, however, is a milestone in American Jewish history.

Ladies Of The Dallas Free Kindergarten Ad Training School

Lone Star Cook Book

9781429096782

$19.99

Dallas's First Cook Book

At the beginning of the twentieth century, Dallas, Texas was not the sprawling metropolis it is today. The city was small, but growing fast, as immigrants were arriving in record numbers. In 1850, Dallas had a population of 430; by 1900, its population exceed 42,000 people. A year later, in 1901, the Lone Star Cook Book was compiled and published by the Ladies of the Dallas Free Kindergarten and Training School, becoming Dallas’s first cookbook.

Culinary explorers will find these historic recipes and cooking techniques offer a glimpse into early Texas cuisine, featuring influences from immigrant traditions and western innovations.