Back-to-basics book, filled with hundreds of hearty, simple recipes -- everything from griddle cakes, shrimp Creole and mulligatawny soup to cheese fondue, oyst

Provides samples of the country's rich immigrant culture, with recipes for easy country pate, New England fish chowder, shrimp fried rice, roast duckling with c

Published in 1903, this was the original "way to a manis heart," featuring authentic American recipes, European cooking, and Jewish favorites. It was put togeth

A lively introduction to New England cooks, cookbooks, and recipes

An original and eclectic view of cookbooks as political acts Cookbooks are not political in conventional ways. They neither proclaim, as do manifestos, nor do t