“The most intelligent and brilliantly researched book on the food of the American Indian.” —Craig Claiborne, The New York TimesThis wonderful book is not just a recipe collection, but a passport to foraging and to surviving close to nature. It will tell you how to prepare familiar foods such as stuffed clams and corn chowder, but also how …
Delight family and friends with hundreds of the very best Swedish dishes. From typical smorgasbord items to classic main dishes to traditional breads and pastries, you’ll find 200 easy-to-follow recipes for genuine Swedish foods.Certainly one of the most well-known Swedish traditions is the smorgasbord, composed of such delicious items as chef’s pickled herring, marinated smelts, creamed lobster, meatballs, …
With this handy, easy-to-follow guide you can create over 200 hearty flavorful dishes that have delighted the Russian palate for generations. Here are complete recipes for such taste-tempting traditional fare as borsch, shashlik of salmon, Russian meatloaf with rice zrazy, Russian squab in sour cream, potato kotlety, pirozhki and pirogi, blini, the traditional Easter dessert paskha, and many …
Austrians like to eat well, and what they like to eat best is dessert. After a delicious cauliflower soup, and a great Wiener schnitzel with nockerl and cucumber salad, they always have room for an incredible dessert — Sachertorte, apple strudel, or Guglhupf, just to name a few. For this cookbook Gretel Beer has collected authentic recipes for …
The Art of Cookery Made Plain and Easy: The Revolutionary 1805 Classic
“A very interesting glimpse at everyday cooking in the daily life of 18th–19th century England, with many helpful tips, tricks, and recipes (for the day). The language is enjoyable and the information contained is substantial.” — Jefferson-Madison Regional Library SystemRevised and republished many times since its 1747 debut, this cookbook was a bestseller in England and the United …
Napkins are easy to fold into ingenious shapes and add a touch of festivity to any dinner. Whether you use paper or cloth, a napkin folded into a delightful shape is a welcome way to start a meal.Twenty-two different napkin folds are clearly shown, beginning with very simple folds and gradually leading to more involved ones. None of …
I scream, you scream. we all scream for ice cream.It may be just a child’s singsong verse, but there is an element of truth about it. Who do you know who doesn’t like ice cream? Especially rich, creamy, old-fashioned, homemade ice cream.In this complete and easy-to-follow guide, ice cream aficionado and author Thomas Quinn provides instructions and helpful …
Rufus Estes’ Good Things to Eat: The First Cookbook by an African-American Chef (Dover Cookbooks)
Born a slave in 1857, Rufus Estes worked his way up from a Pullman Private Car attendant to a job preparing meals for the top brass at one of the country’s largest steel corporations. This cookbook, the first to be written and published by a black chef, includes a number of dishes from Estes’ vast culinary collection.Commenting briefly …
The First American Cookbook: A Facsimile of “American Cookery,” 1796
This facsimile of the first American-written cookbook published in the United States is not only a first in cookbook literature, but a historic document. It reveals the rich variety of food Colonial Americans enjoyed, their tastes, cooking and eating habits, even their colorful language.Author Amelia Simmons worked as a domestic in Colonial America and gathered her cookery expertise …
“A collectible classic. With his cookbook in print again, Vincent Price lives on.” — NPR”The rare cookbook that is still relevant.” — Zanne Early Stewart, former editor, Gourmet”I think the recipes in this cookbook are classic and still resonate with Americans today.” — Chef Thomas Keller, Per Se and Bouchon restaurants”The Proust in all of us will relish …