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Why not indulge your inner chef and check out some dishes from the past? It's easier now than ever thanks to the Internet Archive, which has been digitizing vintage recipes from American history. From the late 1700s to the early 1900s, and from early European recipe collections that walked the line between food and medicine to 20th-century promotional recipes by Gelatin brands, these historic cookbooks have a recipe for any time, place, or occasion. The ongoing collection now includes over 10,000 cookbooks.
You can learn a lot about the tastes and expectations of past consumers through recipe collections. Gender and family roles throughout history become particularly clear while perusing historic cookbooks. Mostly American in origin, the cookbook collection nonetheless presents a picture of a national cuisine that has been directly impacted by immigration. For example, the first American cookbook, "American Cookery", published in 1796, https://www.smithsonianmag.com/hist...says-about-our-country-its-cuisine-180967809/, contained many English recipes familiar to colonists who had recently separated from the British Empire. However, readily available American ingredients such as cornmeal and a simpler style of preparation appear in some distinctly "American" entries. Throughout the cookbook collection, influences from diverse global cultures can be seen in the recipes. So, too, can prejudice and racism. These historic cookbooks are important documents for tracing the inclusion and exclusion of marginalized peoples from "American" identities. Best of all, they are free to view and download!
I have quite a collection of cookbooks - over two hundred. I love reading about food history and perusing vintage recipes. I was thrilled to find this online collection and wanted to share!
I hope you enjoy it!
Check out the full collection of vintage recipes and cookbooks via the Internet Archive's Cookbooks and Home Economics section.
Recipes from "Dainty Desserts for Dainty People: Knox Gelatine," by Charles K. Knox Co., published 1915.
"The country housewife and lady's director, in the management of a house, and the delights and profits of a farm…," by Richard Bradley, published 1732, London.
"A Bachelors Cupboard; containing crumbs culled from the cupboards of the great unwedded," by A. Lyman Phillips, published 1906.
"The Bride's Cook Book," by Edgar William Briggs, published 1918.
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You can learn a lot about the tastes and expectations of past consumers through recipe collections. Gender and family roles throughout history become particularly clear while perusing historic cookbooks. Mostly American in origin, the cookbook collection nonetheless presents a picture of a national cuisine that has been directly impacted by immigration. For example, the first American cookbook, "American Cookery", published in 1796, https://www.smithsonianmag.com/hist...says-about-our-country-its-cuisine-180967809/, contained many English recipes familiar to colonists who had recently separated from the British Empire. However, readily available American ingredients such as cornmeal and a simpler style of preparation appear in some distinctly "American" entries. Throughout the cookbook collection, influences from diverse global cultures can be seen in the recipes. So, too, can prejudice and racism. These historic cookbooks are important documents for tracing the inclusion and exclusion of marginalized peoples from "American" identities. Best of all, they are free to view and download!
I have quite a collection of cookbooks - over two hundred. I love reading about food history and perusing vintage recipes. I was thrilled to find this online collection and wanted to share!
I hope you enjoy it!Check out the full collection of vintage recipes and cookbooks via the Internet Archive's Cookbooks and Home Economics section.
Recipes from "Dainty Desserts for Dainty People: Knox Gelatine," by Charles K. Knox Co., published 1915.
"The country housewife and lady's director, in the management of a house, and the delights and profits of a farm…," by Richard Bradley, published 1732, London.
"A Bachelors Cupboard; containing crumbs culled from the cupboards of the great unwedded," by A. Lyman Phillips, published 1906.
"The Bride's Cook Book," by Edgar William Briggs, published 1918.
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