18th Century Cooking Resources
This page is thanks to Kathleen Manneke who compiled this list of resources from list dicussions. Please add to it for the benefit of all!
Primary Resources
Amelia Simmons. The First American Cookbook. Facsimile edition of 1796, originally published in Hartford, Connecticut. New York Dover Publications, 1984.
Susannah Carter. The Frugal Housewife. Boston, 1772, New York, 1803.
Richard Briggs. The New Art of Cookery. Philadelphia, 1792
Maria Rundell. A New System of Domestic Cookery. London, 1808.
Hannah Glasse. The Art of Cookery Made Plain and Easy. London 1742, 1747 and 1796. Schenectady United States Historical Research Service, 1994.
Eliza Smith. The Compleat Housewife. London, 1742.
Mary Randolph [1762-1828]. The Virginia Housewife, or Methodical Cook. Facsimile edition of Philadelphia, 1860. New York Dover Publications, 1993. Also an edition edited by Karen Hess.
John Farley. The London Art of Cookery, and Housekeeper's Complete Assistant. London, 1783.
Elizabeth Raffald. The Experienced English Housekeeper. London, 1769.
Charles Carter. The Compleat Practical Cook. 1730 [London??]
Charles Carter, The Compleat City and Country Cook. 1732
Charles Carter, The Housekeeper's Pocket Book. 1738.
Francis Callingwood and John Woolams. The Universal Cook.
Francis Callingwood and John Woolams City and Country Housekeeper. 1797. (with thanks to Don Hagist)
- Adam's Luxury and Eve's Cookery. London, 1744
Martha Bradley. The British Housewife or, The Cook, Housekeeper's and Gardiner's Companion. London, 1758.
Martha Washington, Martha Washington's Booke of Cookery, transcribed and annotated by Karen Hess. Columbia University Press. (with thanks to Ben Carlos)
-, The Sensible Cook, Dutch Foodways in the Old and New World, translated and edited by Peter G. Rose. First published in 1667, later reprinted in
1742 and 1802 in the Netherlands. Syracuse University Press, 1989. (with thanks to Lorina Stephens)
-, Mrs. McLintock's Receipts for Cookery and Pastry-Work. First published in Scotland, 1736. Aberdeen University Press.
Hannah Wooley. The Compleat Cook's Guide, from the Accomplisht Lady's Delight. Albany, Falconwood Press.
Secondary Resources
Maxime de la Falaise. Seven Centuries of English Cooking a collection of recipes. New York Crove Press, 1992.
Mary Catherine Hallatt, Lynn M. Lipa. The King's Bread eighteenth century cooking at Niagara. Youngstown Old Fort Niagara Association, Inc., 1986.
Dennis & Carol Farmer. The King's Bread, 2nd Rising Cooking at Niagara, 1726 - 1815. Youngstown Old Fort Niagara Association, In., 1989.
Karen Hess. The Taste of America.
Kay Moss and Kathryn Hoffman. The Backcountry Housewife a study of 18th century foods. Gastonia, North Carolina Schiele Museum, 1985, revised 1994.
Well, that's it!! Thanks to all those who discussed the thread in such
fine detail, this list is born.
Regards,
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