Martha Washington's Booke of Cookery and Booke of Sweetmeats

by Martha Washington and Karen Hess

Book Overview

Martha Washington's recipes: More than five hundred classics dating from the Elizabethan and Jacobean times, are gathered in this family cookbook that captures the essence of early American folk culture. Handed down as a manuscript cookbook for generations, Martha Washington's Booke of Cookery has been annotated by Karen Hess, a noted culinary historian and cook. "Amerian cookery is a tapestry of extraordinary complex design, reflecting out...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0231049315
• ISBN13: 9780231049313
• Release Date: April 1996
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 518 Pages
• Weight: 1.64 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.0" x 8.9"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher